Le Mont-Saint-Michel este o stâncă granitică (78 m înălţime) în Golful Saint-Malo (NV Franţei) din Marea Mânecii, unde se manifestă cel mai reprezentativ fenomen de flux şi reflux: în timpul fluxului este insulă, comunicaţia cu teritoriul continental fiind întreruptă, iar în timpul refluxului devine peninsulă, o limbă de nisip ieşind de sub ape.
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Stânca este ocupată de un sat (cca. 46 locuitori) şi o mănăstire fortificată (ridicată începând cu secolul al VIII-lea, până prin secolele al XII-lea - al XIV-lea).
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Se cunoaşte că unele triburi celtice ocupau împrejurimile muntelui Saint-Michel. Potrivit abatelui Gil Deric, un istoric breton din secolul al XVIII-lea, insula stâncoasă a fost consacrată de cultele druidice lui Belenus.
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