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{{Infobox French commune
|name=Le Mont-Saint-Michel
|image=MSM sunset 02.JPG
|caption=Mont-Saint-Michel at night
|image coat of arms=Blason ville fr Mont-Saint-Michel (Manche).svg
|region=[[Basse-Normandie]]|
|department=[[Manche (department)|Manche]]
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement d'Avranches|Avranches]]
|canton=[[Canton de Pontorson|Pontorson]]
|INSEE=50353
|postal code=50116
|mayor=Éric Vannier
|term=2008–2014
|intercommunality=[[Communauté de communes de Pontorson - Le Mont-Saint-Michel|Pontorson - Le Mont-Saint-Michel]]
|latitude=48.636028
|longitude=-1.511393
|elevation min m=5
|elevation max m=80
|area km2=0.97
|population=41
|population date=2006
|demonym=Montois
}}

'''Mont-Saint-Michel'''<ref>The Dash is to make it different from the island and the Commune: « mont Saint-Michel » for the rocky island ; « (le) Mont-Saint-Michel » for the commune.</ref> ([[English language|English]]: ''St Michael's Mount'') is a [[Commune of France|French commune]] in the [[Departments of France|department]] [[Manche]]. It is in the region [[Basse Normandie]]. Its name comes from the rocky [[tidal island]] « mont Saint-Michel » which is dedicated to [[Saint Michael]]. The island has its own [[abbey]]. The Mount is about one kilometre off the country's north [[coast]]. It is at the mouth of the [[Couesnon|Couesnon River]] near [[Avranches]].

The architecture of Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay make it the second most visited site in [[Normandy]] and the second in France (after [[Île-de-France]]). It has over 3,000,000 visitors each year <ref name="LeMonde">Pierre Le Hir, « Le Mont-Saint-Michel rendu à l’eau », dans ''[[Le Monde]]'' du 29-07-2007, [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-939966@51-940133,0.html Read Online.]</ref> (3,250,000 in 2006 <ref>''Tourisme en France'' - According to the ''ONT''</ref>) A statue of Saint-Michael is on top of the abbey's church. It 170 metres over [[sea level]]. The mount was declared a [[historic monument]] in 1874. The Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay were added to the [[UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites]] in 1979.

People that live there are called the ''Montois''.

{{Infobox World Heritage Site
| WHS = Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
| Image = [[File:Mont st michel aerial.jpg|300px|Mont Saint-Michel and its bay]]
| State Party = {{FRA}}
| Type = Cultural
| Criteria = i, iii, vi
| ID = 80
| Region = [[Europe]]
| Year = 1979
| Session = 3rd
| Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/80
}}
<gallery>
Image:Mont Saint Michel bordercropped.jpg|Mont Saint Michel
Image:Mont Saint Michel village.jpg|Some old buildings on the Island
Image:MSM sunset 02.JPG|Mont Saint Michel at night
</gallery>

== References ==
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[[Category:Islands in Europe]]
[[Category:Geography of France]]
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in France]]

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