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[[File:Mont-Saint-Michel vu du ciel.jpg|thumb|View from the southeast during sunrise, 2018 (Amaustan Wikimedia)]] | [[File:Mont-Saint-Michel vu du ciel.jpg|thumb|View from the southeast during sunrise, 2018 (Amaustan Wikimedia)]] | ||
Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. | Le [[Mont-Saint-Michel]] is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. | ||
The island lies approximately one kilometre (0.6 miles) off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 7 hectares (17 acres) in area. The mainland part of the commune is 393 hectares (971 acres) in area so that the total surface of the commune is 400 hectares (988 acres). | The island lies approximately one kilometre (0.6 miles) off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 7 hectares (17 acres) in area. The mainland part of the commune is 393 hectares (971 acres) in area so that the total surface of the commune is 400 hectares (988 acres). | ||