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Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francei
Regional Level Types
Saint-OmerArrondissement
Pas-de-CalaisDepartment
Hauts-de-FranceRegion
FranceCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Saint-Omer18,250 (2016)
Longuenesse13,838 (2016)
Aire-sur-la-Lys10,397 (2016)
Arques9,551 (2016)
Blendecques5,331 (2016)
Lumbres4,097 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
362069
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:362069:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
arrondissement of Saint-Omer
French:
Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
German:
Arrondissement Saint-Omer, Département Pas-de-Calais, Nordfrankreich, Frankreich
Italian:
arrondissement di Saint-Omer, Passo di Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Russian:
Сент-Омер, Па-де-Кале, О-де-Франс, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
圣奥梅尔区, 加来海峡省, 上法兰西大区, 法国
Spanish:
Distrito de Saint-Omer, Paso de Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Albanian:
Qarku Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Epërmet e Francës, Franca
Azeri:
Sent-Omer (rayon), Pa-dе-Kale , O-de-Frans, Fransa
Basque:
Saint-Omereko barrutia, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Arrondissement Saint-Omer, Hauts-de-France, Frankreich
Breton:
arondisamant Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Districte de Saint-Omer, Pas de Calais, Alts de França, França
Cebuano:
Arrondissement de Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pransiya
Czech:
Arrondissement Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francie
Dutch:
Arrondissement Sint-Omaars, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk
Farsi/Persian:
بخش سن-اومر, پا-دو-کاله, او-دو-فرانس, فرانسه
Greek:
Σαιντ-Ομέρ, Πα-ντε-Καλαί, Ω-ντε-Φρανς, Γαλλία
Japanese:
サン=トメール郡, パ=ド=カレー県, オー=ド=フランス地域圏, フランス
Luxembourgish:
Arrondissement Saint-Omer, Departement Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankräich
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Saint-Omer Kūn, Pas-de-Calais, Hoat-kok
Polish:
Okręg Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francja
Romanian:
Arondismentul Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord - Pasul Calais și Picardia, Franța
Slovak:
Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Pikardia, Francúzsko
Vietnamese:
Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pháp
West Flemish:
Arroundissement Sint-Omoars, Nauw van Kales, Hauts-de-France, Vrankryk


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Fossils

There are 5 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences9
Youngest Fossil Listed86.3 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed101 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pycnodesma globosa
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Tetralithistida : Plinthosellidae : Pycnodesma : Pycnodesma globosa89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ventriculites radiatus
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Ventriculitidae : Ventriculites : Ventriculites radiatus89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rhizopoterion solidum
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Ventriculitidae : Rhizopoterion : Rhizopoterion solidum93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Porochonia simplex
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosa : Callodictyonidae : Porochonia : Porochonia simplex89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orthodiscus fragilis
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Ventriculitidae : Orthodiscus : Orthodiscus fragilis89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Leiostracosia impressus
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosa : Ventriculitidae : Leiostracosia : Leiostracosia impressus89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tremabolites ophioides
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Aulocystidae : Neoaulocystis : Tremabolites ophioides89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Discoptycha simplex
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Callodictyonidae : Discoptycha : Discoptycha simplex89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Modestella geinitzi
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Zeilleriidae : Modestella : Modestella geinitzi100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 5 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Saint-Omer
Wikidata ID:Q702409
GeoNames ID:2977844

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