Mont-Saint-Michel

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UNESCO World Heritage Site commune island tourist attraction

Mont-Saint-Michel is a famous medieval island commune crowned by a Gothic abbey, located off the coast of Normandy in northwestern France.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Mont-Saint-Michel canonical 13
Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel 3
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
commune ⓘ
island ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessedBy causeway ⓘ
alsoFeaturesArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture ⓘ
surface form: Romanesque
area approximately 0.97 square kilometres ⓘ
arrondissement Arrondissement of Avranches ⓘ
surface form: Avranches arrondissement
canton Pontorson ⓘ
surface form: Pontorson canton
causewayType elevated bridge causeway ⓘ
constructionOfAbbeyBegan 10th century ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Michael ⓘ
surface form: Saint Michael the Archangel
department Manche ⓘ
elevation approximately 92 metres above sea level ⓘ
famousFor Gothic abbey ⓘ
dramatic tides ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
formerRegion Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Basse-Normandie
foundedAsMonastery 8th century ⓘ
hasPart Mont-Saint-Michel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel

ramparts ⓘ
village streets ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
INSEECODE 50353 ⓘ
locatedIn Manche department ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
Western France ⓘ
surface form: northwestern France
locatedInBodyOfWater English Channel ⓘ
locatedNear Avranches ⓘ
Pontorson ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Normandy ⓘ
locatedOn Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel Bay
mainArchitecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
notableEvent never taken by the English during the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
population approximately 30 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode 50170 ⓘ
region Normandy ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surroundedBy tidal flats ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ
touristsPerYear over 2 million visitors ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria Cultural (i), (iii), (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
usedAs fortress ⓘ
medieval pilgrimage site ⓘ
prison during the French Revolution and 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Normandy → knownFor → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Normandy → hasHeritageSite → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Normandy → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Henry Adams → notableWork → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
Centre des monuments nationaux → manages → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel
Saint Michael → associatedPlace → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel (France)
Manche → knownFor → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Manche → contains → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Manche → hasHistoricSite → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Manche department → contains → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
subject surface form: Manche
Mont-Saint-Michel → hasPart → Mont-Saint-Michel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel
St Michaels Mount → twinnedWith → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
subject surface form: St Michael's Mount
St Michaels Mount → similarTo → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
subject surface form: St Michael's Mount
commune of Granville → locatedNorthOf → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
subject surface form: Granville
Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel → hasPart → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel → hasPart → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Mont-Saint-Michel
Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel → adjacentTo → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Order of Saint Michael → seat → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel
Order of Saint Michael → locationOfFirstChapter → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel
CMN → manages → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
subject surface form: Centre des monuments nationaux
this entity surface form: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel
St Michael → associatedWithPlace → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Normandy (administrative region) → contains → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Duchy of Normandy → notableStructure → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel (as a major religious center)
World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Avranches → near → Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ