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ID: 7009176
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009176
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fécamp (inhabited place)  Fécamp (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 49 45 24 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 49.7567  decimal degrees
Long: 000 22 22 E  degrees minutes   Long: 0.3729  decimal degrees

Note: Located on English Channel; was a Roman center; convent was founded in 658, but destroyed by Norsemen; Abbey of the Trinity was founded on the site in 1003; was major port until 17th cen. when Le Havre superseded it.

Names:
Fécamp (preferred,C,V)
Sècamp (C,V)
Fiscamnum (H,V)  ............ ancient name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Normandie (region (administrative division))  ............  Normandie (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Fécamp (inhabited place)  ................  Fécamp (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Normandy (historical region)  ............  Normandy (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Fécamp (inhabited place)  ................  Fécamp (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  established in Roman times
town (C)
port (C)
manufacturing center (C)  ............  famed for Benedictine liqueur, invented by the monks of the abbey in the 16th century
monastic center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Fécamp..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 65
Fiscamnum..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 291
Sècamp..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1; 291; I, 291
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1426568
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 65
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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