MONT ST-MICHEL BAY
50° N,1° W - Manche - Gulf Stream (chaud)
Mont St-Michel Bay is located near the French region of Normandy and Bretagne; its name comes from Mont-Saint-Michel classified World Heritage in 1979. This small granite island with 950 meters of circumference and 80 meters in height has attracted man since prehistory. Behind the ramparts, there is a village with the mount as a crown and the magnificent Benedictine Abbey’s buildings. The bay is a favoured site for farming mussels and flat and cupped oysters (Vivier-sur-Mer and Cancale). Ranked fourth in the world for its tides, the bay is yearly sand silting at a rate of 700,000 M3.
Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO
A Consulter :
http://whc.unesco.org/fr/list/80
Natural environment | Human environment |
| Coastline: Flat shore with marshes and foreshores | Language: French |
| Climate: Humid and temperate climate with cool summers | Local economy : Tourism and primary sector : Agriculture, fishery, oyster and mussel farming, |
| Temperatures: Annual average : 8.5°C Annual amplitude: from 1°C to 16°C | Demography: Population (inhab.) : 30 000 Density (inhab/km2) : 80 |
| Precipitations: Annual : 576 mm Distribution : May to September | Human Development Index: 0,925 |
| Biogeographic classification: Temperate forest with leaves (Western Palearctic) | Ecological Footprint: 5,26 |
| Natural heritage: Natura 2000, RAMSAR, ZICO. ZNIEFF, Classified Site, Natural Reserve, Special Protected Area. Cultural heritage: UNESCO Criteria: (i) (iii) (vi) '' Date of Inscription: 1979 Criteria: (i) (iii) (vi) ‘ Between Normandy and Bretagne on a rocky islet in the middle of large sand bars subject to powerful tides erects the ‘Western Wonder’, a Gothic Benedictine Abbey devoted to Saint Michael the Archangel, with a village built in the shadow of its walls. Constructed between the XI and XVI Century, the abbey has been technically and artistically a feat which has been able to adapt to a unique natural site.’ Coastal management: ............. Criteria retained by the club: BN5: Homogeneous and coherent setup; BC1: Architectural Masterpiece (Benedictine Abbey and village) | |
http://www.baie-mont-saint-michel.fr
