Editing Saint-Omer (section)

==Culture==
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Saint-Omer is diverse in ethnic, linguistic and immigrant communities. Haut-Pont is a heavily West Flemish section of Saint-Omer which has Flemish/Belgian roots.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france.fr/en/normandy|title=Normandy|website=www.france.fr}}</ref> In the Southeast of the cathedral is a newly formed [[Turkish people|Turkish]] neighborhood; the majority of the local Turks are members of the Christian faith (i.e. [[Greek Orthodox]] or of ethnic [[Greeks|Greek]] origin, [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Rite]] and Catholic converts), who arrived in France after World War I to escape religious persecution. Genealogists have noted the many cultural influences in the area, including British, Dutch, German, Austrian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak and Polish. It is believed the region's mining and glass manufacturing<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tourisme-saintomer.com/en/annuaire/arques-its-history/ | title=The History of Arques }}</ref> industries contributed to a revived post-war (WWI and WWII era) population.

===Public library===
The [[public library]] of Saint-Omer holds, in its rare books section,<ref>[http://www.bibliotheque-st-omer.fr/stomer/pages/salle-patrimoniale.htm Document sans titre<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125064807/http://www.bibliotheque-st-omer.fr/stomer/pages/salle-patrimoniale.htm |date=2006-11-25 }} www.bibliotheque-st-omer.fr</ref> one of the three French copies of the 42-line [[Gutenberg Bible]], originally from the library of the [[Abbey of Saint Bertin]]. The other two copies are in [[Paris]]. In November 2014, a previously unknown Shakespeare [[First Folio]] was found in a public library in Saint-Omer.<ref name=nyt-folio-26-11>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/arts/shakespeare-folio-discovered-in-france-.html | title=Shakespeare Folio Discovered in France | work=The New York Times | date=25 November 2014 | access-date=30 November 2014 | author=Schuessler, Jennifer}}</ref> The book had lain undisturbed in the library for 200 years. The first 30 pages were missing. A number of experts assisted in authenticating the folio, which also had a name, "Neville", written on the first surviving page, indicating that it may have once been owned by [[Edward Scarisbrick]]. Scarisbrick had fled England due to anti-Catholic repression and attended [[Saint-Omer College]], a Jesuit institution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30206476|title=BBC News - Shakespeare Folio found in French library|work=BBC News|date=26 November 2014|access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref> Confirmation of its authenticity came from a professor at the University of Nevada and one of the world's foremost authorities on Shakespeare, Eric Rasmussen, who happened to be in London at the time.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30206476 Shakespeare Folio found in French library], 26 November 2014 (with video and images)</ref> The only other known copy of a First Folio in France is in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|National Library]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/11252614/Shakespeare-First-Folio-discovered-in-French-library.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/11252614/Shakespeare-First-Folio-discovered-in-French-library.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Shakespeare First Folio discovered in French library|author=Rory Mulholland in Paris|date=25 November 2014|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=26 November 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Sports===

St. Omer was the host of the 2022 [[Canoe Polo]] world championships.