48° 38′ 9.6″ N, 1° 30′ 39.6″ W This article is about the town. For the monastery, see Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey. For other uses, see Mont Saint Michel (disambiguation). Le Mont-Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: ​[lə mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Norman: Mont Saint Miché, English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island[3] 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).