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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84" title="جبل القديس ميشيل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جبل القديس ميشيل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon-Sen-Mi%C5%9Fel" title="Mon-Sen-Mişel – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mon-Sen-Mişel" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%88%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Мон-Сен-Мішэль – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мон-Сен-Мішэль" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Мон Сен Мишел – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мон Сен Мишел" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menez_Mikael_ar_Mor" title="Menez Mikael ar Mor – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Menez Mikael ar Mor" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B5_%CE%9C%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BD-%CE%9C%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%AD%CE%BB" title="Λε Μον-Σαιν-Μισέλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λε Μον-Σαιν-Μισέλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Saint-Michel_(comuna)" title="Monte Saint-Michel (comuna) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Monte Saint-Michel (comuna)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monto_Sankta_Mikaelo_(Normandio)" title="Monto Sankta Mikaelo (Normandio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Monto Sankta Mikaelo (Normandio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%86-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84" title="مون سن-میشل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مون سن-میشل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%BD%EC%83%9D%EB%AF%B8%EC%85%B8%EC%84%AC" title="몽생미셸섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="몽생미셸섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%A5%D5%AC" title="Մոն Սեն Միշել – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մոն Սեն Միշել" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont_Saint_Michel" title="Le Mont Saint Michel – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Le Mont Saint Michel" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%A1%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%9C" title="מון-סן-מישל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מון-סן-מישל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastil_Mont_Saint_Michael" title="Kastil Mont Saint Michael – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kastil Mont Saint Michael" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C-%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="მონ-სენ-მიშელი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მონ-სენ-მიშელი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5-%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Ле-Мон-Сен-Мишель – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ле-Мон-Сен-Мишель" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_Sancti_Michaelis" title="Mons Sancti Michaelis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mons Sancti Michaelis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsenmi%C5%A1ela" title="Monsenmišela – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Monsenmišela" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_Sen_Mi%C5%A1elis" title="Mon Sen Mišelis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mon Sen Mišelis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Мон Сен Мишел – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мон Сен Мишел" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C-%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="მონ-სენ-მიშელი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მონ-სენ-მიშელი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84" title="جبل القديس ميشيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جبل القديس ميشيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Мон-Сен-Мишель – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мон-Сен-Мишель" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA" title="မောင့်စိန့်မိုက်ကယ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မောင့်စိန့်မိုက်ကယ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB" title="ル・モン＝サン＝ミシェル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ル・モン＝サン＝ミシェル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5-%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Ле-Мон-Сен-Мишель – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Ле-Мон-Сен-Мишель" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint_Mich%C3%A9" title="Mont Saint Miché – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Mont Saint Miché" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_Mont_Sant_Miqu%C3%A8l" title="Lo Mont Sant Miquèl – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Lo Mont Sant Miquèl" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%B9_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84" title="ماؤنٹ سینٹ مائیکل – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ماؤنٹ سینٹ مائیکل" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Saint-Michel" title="Monte Saint-Michel – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Monte Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Мон-Сен-Мишель – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мон-Сен-Мишель" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont Saint-Michel – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Le Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Мон Сен Мишел – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мон Сен Мишел" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88,_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF" title="புனித மிக்கேல் மலை, நோமண்டி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="புனித மிக்கேல் மலை, நோமண்டி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5-%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Ле-Мон-Сен-Мишель – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Ле-Мон-Сен-Мишель" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%87-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%87-%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A5" title="มง-แซ็ง-มีแชล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="มง-แซ็ง-มีแชล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bug mw-list-item"><a href="https://bug.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Buginese" lang="bug" hreflang="bug" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Basa Ugi" data-language-local-name="Buginese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Ugi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Мон-Сен-Мішель – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мон-Сен-Мішель" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Le Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Mont-Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%92%E8%92%99-%E5%9C%A3%E7%B1%B3%E6%AD%87%E5%B0%94" title="勒蒙-圣米歇尔 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="勒蒙-圣米歇尔" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%92%E8%92%99%E8%81%96%E7%B1%B3%E8%88%8D" title="勒蒙聖米舍 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="勒蒙聖米舍" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel" title="Mont Saint-Michel – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Mont Saint-Michel" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%92%E8%92%99-%E5%9C%A3%E7%B1%B3%E6%AD%87%E5%B0%94" 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class="latitude">48°38′10″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°30′41″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">48.636°N 1.5114°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">48.636; -1.5114</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Normandy_(administrative_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy (administrative region)">Normandy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">Department</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manche" title="Manche">Manche</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arrondissement_of_Avranches&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arrondissement of Avranches (not yet started)">Avranches</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_France" title="Cantons of France">Canton</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Pontorson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Pontorson (not yet started)">Pontorson</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France#Intercommunality" title="Communes of France">Intercommunality</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Communauté de communes de Pontorson - Le Mont-Saint-Michel</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6670383">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2008–2014) </span></th><td class="infobox-data">Éric Vannier</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup><small><b>1</b></small></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.97 km<sup>2</sup> (0.37 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2008)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">42</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">43/km<sup>2</sup> (110/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Montois</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/INSEE_code" class="mw-redirect" title="INSEE code">INSEE</a>/Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=COM-50353">50353</a> /50116</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">5–80 m (16–262 ft)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><sup><b>1</b></sup> French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km<sup>2</sup> (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Le Mont-Saint-Michel</b> (<small>pronounced </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[mɔ̃ sɛ̃ mi.ʃɛl]</a></span>; English: <span lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Michael" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Michael">Saint Michael</a>'s Mount</span>) is an island and <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">commune</a> in <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. It is in the <a href="/wiki/Manche" title="Manche">Manche</a> department. It is <a href="/wiki/Location_(geography)" class="mw-redirect" title="Location (geography)">located</a> about one kilometre (0.6 miles) from the country's <a href="/wiki/North_west" class="mw-redirect" title="North west">northwestern</a> <a href="/wiki/Coast" title="Coast">coast</a>. It is at the <a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">mouth</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Couesnon" title="Couesnon">Couesnon River</a> near <a href="/wiki/Avranches" title="Avranches">Avranches</a>. It is 247 acres (100 ha) in size and it has a population of 44 (2009).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People that live there are called the <i>Montois</i>. </p><p>The island has had <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/strategy" class="extiw" title="wikt:strategy">strategic</a> <a href="/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">fortifications</a> since <a href="/wiki/Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">ancient times</a>. The name <i>Mont-Saint-Michel</i> comes from the <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> built there in the eighth century AD. The way in which the town is built is an example of how <a href="/wiki/Feudal" class="mw-redirect" title="Feudal">feudal</a> society worked. At the top there is God, the <a href="/wiki/Abbey" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbey">abbey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a>. Below this, there are the <a href="/wiki/Great_hall" title="Great hall">great halls</a>, then stores and houses. At the bottom, outside the walls, there are the houses of fishermen and farmers. </p><p>Mont-Saint-Michel is one of France's most famous landmarks. The island and its <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">bay</a> are part of the UNESCO list of <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every year, more than 3 million people visit it.<sup id="cite_ref-LeMonde_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeMonde-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Formation" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Formation"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Prehistory" title="Prehistory">prehistoric times</a>, the <i>Mont</i> was on dry land. It is now a <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">rocky</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tidal_island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tidal island (not yet started)">tidal island</a>. Sea levels became higher and <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">erosion</a> changed the <a href="/wiki/Landscape" title="Landscape">landscape</a> of the coast. Several <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/layer" class="extiw" title="wikt:layer">layers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> or <a href="/w/index.php?title=Granulite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Granulite (not yet started)">granulite</a> came to the surface in the bay. These layers of rock resisted the damage by the ocean better than the other rocks around them. These included <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lillemer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lillemer (not yet started)">Lillemer</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Dol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mont-Dol (not yet started)">Mont-Dol</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tombelaine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tombelaine (not yet started)">Tombelaine</a> (a small island just to the north), and Mont Tombe, which later became Mont-Saint-Michel. The mount has a <a href="/wiki/Circumference" title="Circumference">circumference</a> of about 960 metres (3,150 ft). It is 92 metres (301 ft) <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">above sea level</a> at its highest point.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tides">Tides</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Tides" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Tides"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The difference between the high and low water marks is about 14 metres (46 ft). <a href="/wiki/Medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval">Medieval</a> <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrim">pilgrims</a> who crossed the flat land sometimes <a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">called</a> the mount "St. Michael in peril of the sea". Today, it can still be <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/dangerous" class="extiw" title="wikt:dangerous">dangerous</a> for <a href="/wiki/Visitor" title="Visitor">visitors</a> who do not use the <a href="/wiki/Causeway" title="Causeway">causeway</a>. It can be a risk to walk across the sands from the opposite coast. This is because of <a href="/wiki/Quicksand" title="Quicksand">quicksand</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Polder" title="Polder">Polderisation</a> and <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/occasional" class="extiw" title="wikt:occasional">occasional</a> flooding have created <a href="/wiki/Salt_marsh" title="Salt marsh">salt marsh</a> meadows. They are ideal for sheep. The meat has a good <a href="/wiki/Flavour" class="mw-redirect" title="Flavour">flavour</a> because of the sheep's <a href="/wiki/Diet_(nutrition)" title="Diet (nutrition)">diet</a>. The <i>pré salé</i> (salt meadow, in French) is home to <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agneau_de_pr%C3%A9-sal%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agneau de pré-salé (not yet started)">agneaux de pré-salé</a></i> (salt meadow <a href="/wiki/Lamb" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamb">lamb</a>). This is made into a local specialty (a famous type of food). The local lamb is sometimes on the <a href="/wiki/Menu" title="Menu">menus</a> of restaurants in the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tidal_island">Tidal island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Tidal island" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Tidal island"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MtStMichel_avion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/MtStMichel_avion.jpg/220px-MtStMichel_avion.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/MtStMichel_avion.jpg/330px-MtStMichel_avion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/MtStMichel_avion.jpg/440px-MtStMichel_avion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1498" data-file-height="1165" /></a><figcaption>Low tide in 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>Before 2013, Mont-Saint-Michel was linked to the <a href="/wiki/Mainland" title="Mainland">mainland</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">tidal</a> <a href="/wiki/Causeway" title="Causeway">causeway</a>. It was a path covered at <a href="/wiki/High_tide" class="mw-redirect" title="High tide">high tide</a> and shown at <a href="/wiki/Low_tide" class="mw-redirect" title="Low tide">low tide</a>. This connection changed over the centuries. The coastal flats (the sand) have been <a href="/wiki/Polder" title="Polder">polderised</a> to make <a href="/wiki/Pasture" title="Pasture">pastureland</a>. This means Mont-Saint-Michel became closer to the coast. The <a href="/wiki/Couesnon" title="Couesnon">Couesnon</a> River was <a href="/wiki/Canal" title="Canal">canalised</a>. This helped make the flow of water similar every time the tide rises or falls. However, it developed a <a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">silting</a>-up of the <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">bay</a>. In 1879, the tidal causeway was changed into a raised, dry <a href="/wiki/Causeway" title="Causeway">causeway</a>. This stopped the tide from cleaning the <a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">silt</a> around the mount. </p><p>On 16 June 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of France">French prime minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">regional</a> authorities <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/announcement" class="extiw" title="wikt:announcement">announced</a> a €164 million project (<i>Projet Mont-Saint-Michel</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wanted to build a <a href="/wiki/Hydraulics" title="Hydraulics">hydraulic</a> dam using the waters of the river <a href="/wiki/Couesnon" title="Couesnon">Couesnon</a> and of tides. This would help <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/remove" class="extiw" title="wikt:remove">remove</a> all of the silt deposited by the rising tides. It would make Mont-Saint-Michel an island again. </p><p>The construction of the dam began in 2009. It was completed in 2013. The project was also to <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/remove" class="extiw" title="wikt:remove">remove</a> the <a href="/wiki/Causeway" title="Causeway">causeway</a> and its visitor car-park. The new car-park is on the mainland. It is about two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the island. Visitors can use small <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Shuttle bus">shuttle buses</a> to cross the causeway. The bridge is also open to pedestrians and vehicles without a motor. </p><p>Architect <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dietmar_Feichtinger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dietmar Feichtinger (not yet started)">Dietmar Feichtinger</a> designed the bridge. It opened to the public on 22 July 2014. The bridge lets the waters go freely around the island. It makes the dam more efficient. The project cost €209 million, €45 million more than planned. President <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hollande" title="François Hollande">François Hollande</a> officially opened the bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sometimes, weather conditions make the tide very high. This is called a "supertide". For example, the sea completely covered the new bridge on 21 March 2015. It was the highest sea level for at least 18 years. Many people travelled to Mont-Saint-Michel to take photos.<sup id="cite_ref-accu_PHOT_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-accu_PHOT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mont-Saint-Michel was an <a href="/wiki/Armorica" title="Armorica">Armorican</a> <a href="/wiki/Stronghold" title="Stronghold">stronghold</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gallo-Roman_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gallo-Roman culture (not yet started)">Gallo-Roman culture</a> in the sixth and seventh centuries. In the seventh century, the <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Franks</a> took the mount. From about the fifth to the eighth century, Mont-Saint-Michel was part of a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/region" class="extiw" title="wikt:region">region</a> called <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neustria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neustria (not yet started)">Neustria</a>. At the start of the ninth century, it was an important place in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marches_of_Neustria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marches of Neustria (not yet started)">marches of Neustria</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mont-Saint-Michel_-_Novembre_2011_(24).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mont-Saint-Michel_-_Novembre_2011_%2824%29.jpg/220px-Mont-Saint-Michel_-_Novembre_2011_%2824%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mont-Saint-Michel_-_Novembre_2011_%2824%29.jpg/330px-Mont-Saint-Michel_-_Novembre_2011_%2824%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mont-Saint-Michel_-_Novembre_2011_%2824%29.jpg/440px-Mont-Saint-Michel_-_Novembre_2011_%2824%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Inside the walls of Mont-Saint-Michel.</figcaption></figure> <p>Before the eighth century, the island was called <i>Mont Tombe</i> (Latin: <i lang="la">tumba</i>). The <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholic Church</a> built the first religious building in the eighth century, and the mount became Mont-Saint-Michel. According to <a href="/wiki/Legend" title="Legend">legend</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">the Archangel Michael</a> appeared in 708 to <a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Aubert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Aubert (not yet started)">St. Aubert</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Coutances&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances (not yet started)">bishop of Avranches</a>. The angel told him to build a church on the mount. Aubert didn't listen to the angel until Michael burned a hole in the bishop's <a href="/wiki/Skull" title="Skull">skull</a> with his finger.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The king of the Franks could not <a href="/wiki/Defense_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense (military)">defend</a> his kingdom against the attacks of the <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Vikings</a>. The king agreed to give the <a href="/wiki/Cotentin" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotentin">Cotentin peninsula</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Avranchin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Avranchin (not yet started)">Avranchin</a>, including Mont-Saint-Michel, to the <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Bretons</a> in the 867 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treaty_of_Compi%C3%A8gne_(867)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treaty of Compiègne (867) (not yet started)">Treaty of Compiègne</a>. For a short time, the mount <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/belong" class="extiw" title="wikt:belong">belonged</a> to the Bretons. In effect, these lands and Mont-Saint-Michel never belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Duchy" title="Duchy">duchy</a> of Brittany. They remained separate <a href="/wiki/Bishopric" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric">bishoprics</a> from the newly created Breton <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">archbishopric</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dol (not yet started)">Dol</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Rollo" title="Rollo">Rollo</a> named Franco as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Rouen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archbishop of Rouen (not yet started)">archbishop of Rouen</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a> took the lands and the mount. They became part of Normandy once again, but not officially. </p><p>The mount became strategically important again in 933 when <a href="/wiki/William_I,_Duke_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="William I, Duke of Normandy">William "Long Sword"</a> (the Duke of Normandy) <a href="/wiki/Annexation" title="Annexation">annexed</a> the <a href="/wiki/Cotentin_Peninsula" title="Cotentin Peninsula">Cotentin Peninsula</a> from the weakened <a href="/w/index.php?title=Duchy_of_Brittany&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duchy of Brittany (not yet started)">Dukes of Brittany</a>. This made the mount part of <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> officially. This is shown in the <a href="/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry" title="Bayeux Tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a>, which commemorates (helps remember) the <a href="/wiki/Norman_conquest" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman conquest">Norman conquest</a> of England in 1066. The <a href="/wiki/Tapestry" title="Tapestry">tapestry</a> shows <a href="/wiki/Harold_Godwinson" title="Harold Godwinson">Harold, Earl of Wessex</a> helping two Norman <a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">knights</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Quicksand" title="Quicksand">quicksand</a> around Mont-Saint-Michel during a battle with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Conan_II,_Duke_of_Brittany&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conan II, Duke of Brittany (not yet started)">Conan II, Duke of Brittany</a>. Norman <a href="/wiki/Duke" title="Duke">dukes</a> paid for the development of the <a href="/wiki/Abbey" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbey">abbey</a> in the following centuries. It became a good example of <a href="/wiki/Norman_architecture" title="Norman architecture">Norman architecture</a>. </p><p><br /> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title category">Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="padding:0.2em;background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: i, iii, vi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/80">80</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">1979 (3rd <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data category">6,560 ha</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Buffer zone</th><td class="infobox-data category">57,510 ha</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1067, the <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> of Mont-Saint-Michel gave its support to <a href="/wiki/William_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="William I of England">Duke William of Normandy</a> in his claim to the <a href="/wiki/Throne" title="Throne">throne</a> of England. William gave houses and grounds on the English side of the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">Channel</a> as a reward. These included a small island off the <a href="/wiki/Southwest" title="Southwest">southwestern</a> coast of <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>. It became a <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Norman</a> <a href="/wiki/Priory" class="mw-redirect" title="Priory">priory</a> named <a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Mount" title="St Michael's Mount">St Michael's Mount</a> of <a href="/wiki/Penzance" title="Penzance">Penzance</a>. It looks similar to Mont-Saint-Michel. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">English</a> made many attacks on the island. They were not able to take it due to the abbey's very good <a href="/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">fortifications</a>. The English first attacked the mount in 1423, and then again in 1433. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_de_Scales,_7th_Baron_Scales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas de Scales, 7th Baron Scales (not yet started)">Thomas Scalles</a> was the leader of the English army. Scalles left two <a href="/wiki/Wrought_iron" title="Wrought iron">wrought iron</a> <a href="/wiki/Bombard_(weapon)" title="Bombard (weapon)">bombards</a> when he stopped his attack. They are still there today. They are known as <i>les Michelettes</i>. The resistance at Mont-Saint-Michel gave hope to the French, especially <a href="/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" title="Joan of Arc">Joan of Arc</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg/220px-Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg/330px-Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg/440px-Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Cannons left by Thomas Scalles at Mont-Saint-Michel on 17 June 1434. Currently (June 2013), only the second cannon, the one closer to the wall, is shown. It is inside the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Entrance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Entrance (not yet started)">entrance</a> to the mount's outer wall.</figcaption></figure> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Louis_XI_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XI of France">Louis XI of France</a> <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/found" class="extiw" title="wikt:found">founded</a> the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_Saint_Michael&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of Saint Michael (not yet started)">Order of Saint Michael</a> in 1469, he wanted the church of Mont-Saint-Michel to become the chapel for the Order. However, it was far from Paris so this was not possible. </p><p>The wealth and influence of the abbey helped other foundations, for example St Michael's Mount in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>. However, it started to become less popular as a centre of <a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage" title="Pilgrimage">pilgrimage</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a>. At the time of the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>, there were almost no <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monks</a> living there. The <a href="/wiki/French_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="French Republic">republicans</a> closed the abbey. It became a prison. At first, this was to hold <a href="/wiki/Clergy" title="Clergy">clerical</a> enemies of the French republic. Later, there were also important political prisoners at the mount. In 1836, famous figures, such as <a href="/wiki/Victor_Hugo" title="Victor Hugo">Victor Hugo</a>, started a <a href="/wiki/Campaign" title="Campaign">campaign</a> to <a href="/wiki/Restoration" class="mw-disambig" title="Restoration">restore</a> the mount. The prison closed in 1863, and the mount became a <a href="/wiki/Monument" title="Monument">historic monument</a> in 1874. Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay became UNESCO <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a> in 1979. The factors for listing included <a href="/wiki/Culture" title="Culture">cultural</a>, historical, and <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architectural</a> importance, as well as man-made and natural beauty.<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abbey_design">Abbey design</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Abbey design" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Abbey design"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plan.mont.Saint.Michel.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Plan.mont.Saint.Michel.png/220px-Plan.mont.Saint.Michel.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Plan.mont.Saint.Michel.png/330px-Plan.mont.Saint.Michel.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Plan.mont.Saint.Michel.png/440px-Plan.mont.Saint.Michel.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption>Plan of the mount</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 11th century, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_II_of_Normandy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard II of Normandy (not yet started)">Richard II of Normandy</a> chose an Italian architect called <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_de_Volpiano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William de Volpiano (not yet started)">William de Volpiano</a> to build the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Volpiano had already built the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abbey_of_F%C3%A9camp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abbey of Fécamp (not yet started)">Abbey of Fécamp</a>, in Normandy. He designed the <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> church of the abbey. He chose to place the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Crossing_(architecture)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crossing (architecture) (not yet started)">transept crossing</a> at the top of the mount. He also built a lot of <a href="/wiki/Crypt" title="Crypt">crypts</a> and chapels below the ground. These are to support building above, because it is very heavy. Today, Mont-Saint-Michel has a church of Romanesque <a href="/wiki/Style" class="mw-disambig" title="Style">style</a>. </p><p>Robert de Thorigny was a great supporter of <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II of England</a>. Henry was also <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Normandy" title="Duke of Normandy">Duke of Normandy</a> at this time. Thorigny made the structure of the buildings stronger. He also built the main façade of the church in the 12th century. In 1204, the Breton <i>Guy de Thouars</i>, a friend of the King of France, attacked the mount with an army. He set fire to the village and killed lots of people. However, he had to retreat (leave) under the powerful walls of the abbey. The fire extended to the buildings, and the roofs burnt. <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_France" title="Philip II of France">Philip Augustus</a>, Thorigny's friend, was unhappy about the cruel actions and the destruction. He offered <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">Abbot</a> Jourdain some money to build a new <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic-style architectural</a> set. The abbot added the refectory (<i><a href="/wiki/Dining_room" title="Dining room">dining room</a></i>) and <a href="/wiki/Cloister" title="Cloister">cloister</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_VI_of_France" title="Charles VI of France">Charles VI</a> added big <a href="/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">fortifications</a> to the abbey-mount. He also added building towers and <a href="/wiki/Courtyard" title="Courtyard">courtyards</a>, and he made the <a href="/wiki/Rampart" class="mw-redirect" title="Rampart">ramparts</a> stronger. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Development" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Development"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_50_-_Maquette.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="10th century"><img alt="10th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_50_-_Maquette.JPG/120px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_50_-_Maquette.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_50_-_Maquette.JPG/180px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_50_-_Maquette.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_50_-_Maquette.JPG/240px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_50_-_Maquette.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1158" data-file-height="869" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">10th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_51_-_Maquette.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="11th to 12th century"><img alt="11th to 12th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_51_-_Maquette.JPG/120px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_51_-_Maquette.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_51_-_Maquette.JPG/180px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_51_-_Maquette.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_51_-_Maquette.JPG/240px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_51_-_Maquette.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1114" data-file-height="836" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">11th to 12th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_52_-_Maquette.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="17th to 18th century"><img alt="17th to 18th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_52_-_Maquette.JPG/120px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_52_-_Maquette.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_52_-_Maquette.JPG/180px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_52_-_Maquette.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_52_-_Maquette.JPG/240px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_52_-_Maquette.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1123" data-file-height="843" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">17th to 18th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_53_-_Maquette.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="19th to 20th century"><img alt="19th to 20th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_53_-_Maquette.JPG/120px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_53_-_Maquette.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_53_-_Maquette.JPG/180px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_53_-_Maquette.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_53_-_Maquette.JPG/240px-200506_-_Mont_Saint-Michel_53_-_Maquette.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1267" data-file-height="997" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">19th to 20th century</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Administration" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Administration"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Normandie_Manche_Mont1_tango7174.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Normandie_Manche_Mont1_tango7174.jpg/220px-Normandie_Manche_Mont1_tango7174.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Normandie_Manche_Mont1_tango7174.jpg/330px-Normandie_Manche_Mont1_tango7174.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Normandie_Manche_Mont1_tango7174.jpg/440px-Normandie_Manche_Mont1_tango7174.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="556" /></a><figcaption>The cloister</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Islet" title="Islet">islet</a> is part of the French <a href="/wiki/Commune_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Commune in France">commune</a> of Mont-Saint-Michel. It is in the department of <a href="/wiki/Manche" title="Manche">Manche</a>, in Normandy. As of 2009, 44 people live there. The nearest large town, with a train station, is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontorson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pontorson (not yet started)">Pontorson</a>. Mont-Saint-Michel is part of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_World_Heritage_Cities&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Organization of World Heritage Cities (not yet started)">Organization of World Heritage Cities</a>. </p><p>Mont-Saint-Michel is also the subject of a traditional <a href="/wiki/Rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivalry">rivalry</a> between Normans and Bretons. Bretons say that the Couesnon River marks the limit between <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a>. It is only because the river has changed its course over the centuries that the mount is on the Norman side. This <a href="/wiki/Legend" title="Legend">legend</a> amuses the area's <a href="/wiki/Inhabitant" class="mw-redirect" title="Inhabitant">inhabitants</a>. They state that the border is not located on the Couesnon river. They say it is on the mainland, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the west, at the foot of the solid mass of Saint-Brelade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Population" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Population"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border:1px solid #999;background-color:#f3fff3"> <caption style="margin-bottom:0.5em;font-size:1.1em;font-weight:bold">Change in population<br /><small>(Source : EHESS<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Insee" class="mw-redirect" title="Insee">Insee</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</small></caption> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddffdd" align="center"> <th>1793</th><th>1800</th><th>1806</th><th>1821</th><th>1831</th><th>1836</th><th>1841</th><th>1846</th><th>1851</th><th>1856</th><th>1861</th><th>1866</th><th>1872</th><th>1876</th><th>1881</th><th>1886</th><th>1891</th><th>1896</th><th>1901</th><th>1906</th><th>1911</th><th>1921</th><th>1926</th><th>1931</th><th>1936</th><th>1946</th><th>1954</th><th>1962</th><th>1968</th><th>1975</th><th>1982</th><th>1990</th><th>1999</th><th>2006</th><th>2009</th> </tr><tr align="center"> <td>234</td><td>234</td><td>282</td><td>904</td><td>390</td><td>385</td><td>1082</td><td>1100</td><td>1182</td><td>1153</td><td>1056</td><td>203</td><td>193</td><td>184</td><td>209</td><td>211</td><td>199</td><td>230</td><td>235</td><td>238</td><td>232</td><td>230</td><td>247</td><td>250</td><td>231</td><td>186</td><td>268</td><td>132</td><td>105</td><td>114</td><td>80</td><td>72</td><td>46</td><td>41</td><td>44</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable center" style="margin-bottom:0.5em; border:1px solid #9999999; border-right-width:2px; border-bottom-width:2px; background:#f3fff3; text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Births</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th>1956–1962</th> <th>1962–1968</th> <th>1968–1975</th> <th>1975–1982</th> <th>1982–1990</th> <th>1990–1999 </th></tr> <tr> <td>xx</td> <td>13</td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable center" style="margin-bottom:0.5em; border:1px solid #9999999; border-right-width:2px; border-bottom-width:2px; background:#f3fff3; text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Deaths</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th>1956–1962</th> <th>1962–1968</th> <th>1968–1975</th> <th>1975–1982</th> <th>1982–1990</th> <th>1990–1999 </th></tr> <tr> <td>xx</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Up to 20,000 people a day visit the city in July and August. Among the 43 inhabitants (2006), 5 were <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monks</a> and 7 <a href="/wiki/Nun" title="Nun">nuns</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_Sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_Sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Twin towns – Sister cities" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Twin towns – Sister cities"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hatsukaichi,_Hiroshima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima (not yet started)">Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima</a>, Japan. <a href="/wiki/Itsukushima_Shrine" title="Itsukushima Shrine">Itsukushima Shrine</a> is also an island-temple and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Mont-Saint-Michel has historical links with St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, UK. <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor" title="Edward the Confessor">Edward the Confessor</a> gave it to the Benedictines of Mont-Saint-Michel in the 11th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_monument">Historical monument</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: Historical monument" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Historical monument"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>61 buildings of Mont-Saint-Michel are on the list of historical <a href="/wiki/Monument" title="Monument">monuments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were added from 1928 to today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: In popular culture" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: In popular culture"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mont-Saint-Michel_2008_PD_32.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mont-Saint-Michel_2008_PD_32.JPG/220px-Mont-Saint-Michel_2008_PD_32.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mont-Saint-Michel_2008_PD_32.JPG/330px-Mont-Saint-Michel_2008_PD_32.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mont-Saint-Michel_2008_PD_32.JPG/440px-Mont-Saint-Michel_2008_PD_32.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>Statue of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Archangel_Michael&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archangel Michael (not yet started)">Archangel Michael</a> atop the spire</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>French composer <a href="/wiki/Claude_Debussy" title="Claude Debussy">Claude Debussy</a> went to the island. He was maybe inspired by the legend of the <a href="/wiki/Mythical" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythical">mythical</a> city of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ys (not yet started)">Ys</a> and Mont-Saint-Michel's cathedral for his piano prelude <i>La Cathedrale Engloutie</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1950 : <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Elusive_Pimpernel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Elusive Pimpernel (not yet started)">The Elusive Pimpernel</a></i> by Powell and Pressburger.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1991 : <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mindwalk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mindwalk (not yet started)">Mindwalk</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2003 : Mont-Saint-Michel was the inspiration for the design of <a href="/wiki/Minas_Tirith" class="mw-redirect" title="Minas Tirith">Minas Tirith</a> in the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Renaissance Mont-Saint-Michel</i> is a playable <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplayer">multiplayer</a> map in the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Brotherhood" title="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood</a></i> (2010), and <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Revelations" title="Assassin's Creed: Revelations">Assassin's Creed: Revelations</a></i> (2011) by <a href="/wiki/Ubisoft_Montreal" title="Ubisoft Montreal">Ubisoft Montreal</a>.</li> <li>2013 : Mont-Saint-Michel was the end of the stage 11 of the <a href="/wiki/Tour_de_France" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a>. The stage was a <a href="/wiki/Time_trial" title="Time trial">time trial</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont-Saint-Michel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Mount" title="St Michael's Mount">St Michael's Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Michael_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)">Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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