⚫It is visited by more than 3 million people each year, Mont Saint-Michel and its bay are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
⚫Over 60 buildings within the commune are protected in France as monuments historiques.
⚫The island was originally called Mont-Tombe but became known as Mont-Saint-Michel in the 8th century, when St. Aubert built an oratory there.
⚫In 1203 it was partly burned when King Philip II of France tried to capture the mount.
⚫He compensated the monks by paying for the construction of the monastery known as La Merveille (“The Wonder”).
⚫The island, which was fortified in 1256, resisted sieges during the Hundred Years’ War between England and France (1337–1453) and the French Wars of Religion (1562–98).
⚫It became a state prison under Napoleon I and remained a prison until 1863.
⚫In 1874 it was classified as a historic monument and restored.
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