Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement of Forcalquier
Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire

Saint-Michel-lObservatoire

Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire is a commune in the department in southeastern France. It was the death place of 18th-century botanist Jean-Paul de Rome d'Ardène and Taos Amrouche, the French-speaking Algerian writer, singer of Kabyle music, and activist for women's causes.
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  • Type: Village with 1,230 residents
  • Description: commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
  • Also known as: “Mont-Michel” and “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Postal codes: 04870 and 04870

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire and Église Saint-Michel de Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire.

Church
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is a church.

Place of worship
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is a place of worship.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincel and Mane.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a commune in department in southeastern . It lies near . It was the birthplace of Louis Feuillée and the 18th-century botanist Jean-Paul de Rome d'Ardène. is situated 5 km northeast of Saint-Michel-lObservatoire.

Village
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is a commune in the department in southeastern . Michèle Bertin was reelected mayor of in 2020. is situated 5 km east of Saint-Michel-lObservatoire.

Saint-Michel-lObservatoire

Latitude
43.90945° or 43° 54′ 34″ north
Longitude
5.71722° or 5° 43′ 2″ east
Population
1,230
Elevation
572 metres (1,877 feet)
Name during the French Revolution
“Mont-Michel”
United Nations Location Code
FR 4SM
Open location code
8FM7WP58+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 261736671
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2977959
Wiki­data ID
Q1016829
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Saint-Michel-lObservatoire” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Albanian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Arabic: “سان ميشيل لوبسيرفاتوار”
  • Aragonese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Armenian: “Սեն Միշել լ’Օբսերվատուար”
  • Arpitan: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Asturian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sen-Mişel-l’Observatuar”
  • Bambara: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Basque: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Bavarian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Belarusian: “Сэн-Мішэль-л’Абсэрвуар”
  • Breton: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Buginese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Cajun French: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Catalan: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Catalan: “Sant Miquèu de l’Observatòri”
  • Catalan: “Sant Miquèu”
  • Cebuano: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Chechen: “Сен-Мишель-л’ОбсегӀватуагӀ”
  • Chinese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Chinese: “圣米歇尔-洛布塞瓦图瓦尔”
  • Chinese: “圣米舍洛布塞尔瓦图瓦尔”
  • Chinese: “聖米歇爾-洛布塞瓦圖瓦爾”
  • Corsican: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Croatian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Czech: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Danish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Dutch: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سان ميشيل لوبيرفاتوار”
  • Esperanto: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Esperanto: “Sant Miquèu”
  • Estonian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Faroese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Finnish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • French: “Mont-Michel”
  • French: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • French: “Saint-Michel”
  • Friulian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Galician: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • German: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Greek: “Σαιν-Μισέλ-λ’Ομπσερβατουάρ”
  • Hungarian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Icelandic: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Ido: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Indonesian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Interlingua: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Interlingue: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Irish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Italian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Italian: “St-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Kabyle: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Kalaallisut: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Kongo: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Kurdish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Ladin: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Latin: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Latvian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Ligurian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Limburgan: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Lithuanian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Lombard: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Low German: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Luxembourgish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Malagasy: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Malay: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Minangkabau: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Narom: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Neapolitan: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sant Miquèu de l’Observatòri”
  • Papiamento: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Picard: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Piemontese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Polish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Portuguese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Prussian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Romagnol: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Romanian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Romansh: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Russian: “Сен-Мишель-л’Обсерватуар”
  • Sardinian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Scots: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Serbian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Sicilian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Slovak: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Slovenian: “Mont-Michel”
  • Slovenian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Spanish: “Saint Michel l’Observatoire”
  • Spanish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Swahili: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Swedish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Swiss German: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Tatar: “Сен-Мишель-л’Обсерватуар”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен-Мішель-л’Обсерватуар”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ-مشیل-لوبسروتویرے”
  • Uzbek: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Venetian: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Vietnamese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Vlaams: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Volapük: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Walloon: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Welsh: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Wolof: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Yue Chinese: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Zeeuws: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • Zulu: “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”
  • “Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Bureau de Poste de Saint Michel L Observatoire and Salle polyvalente de Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire.

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