Le Mont Saint-Michel
French commune in the Manche department
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Summary
Le Mont Saint-Michel is a commune of France[1]. It ranks in the top 0.0064% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,616 views/month, #2 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manche[4], arrondissement of Avranches[5]
- Country: France[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: English Channel[7], Couesnon[8]
- Head of government: Jacques Bono[9]
- Instance of: car-free place[10]
- Shares border with: Beauvoir[11], Pontorson[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Monte Sant'Angelo[13], Hatsukaichi[14], Itsukushima[15]
- Postal code: 50170[16]
- Commons category: Le Mont-Saint-Michel[17]
- Patron saint: Archangel Michael[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[19], UTC+02:00[20]
- Archives at: Departmental archives of Manche[21]
- Official website: https://mairie-lemontsaintmichel.fr/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Le Mont-Saint-Michel[23]
- Email address: mailto:mairie.mtstmichel@wanadoo.fr[24]
- Population: 41[25], 33[26], 30[27], 105[28], 114[29], 80[30], 72[31], 46[32], 43[33], 29[34], 27[35], 25[36], 23[37]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Le Mont-Saint-Michel[38]
- Phone number: +33-2-33-60-14-06[39]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[40], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41], Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[42]
- Official name: Le Mont-Saint-Michel[43]
- List of monuments: Liste der Monuments historiques in Le Mont-Saint-Michel[44]
- Female population: 17[45]
- Male population: 13[46]
- Native label: Le Mont-Saint-Michel[47]
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Physical Characteristics
Le Mont Saint-Michel covers an area of 3.97 km²[48]. Elevations include 5 m[49], 57 m[50], 17 m[51], and 7 m[52].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Le Mont Saint-Michel include 9395 Saint Michel[53], an asteroid[54].
Why It Matters
Le Mont Saint-Michel has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for it include 9395 Saint Michel[53], an asteroid[54].