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View on Mont Saint-Michel from the polders around the Mont. A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by embankments known as dikes, that forms an artificial hydrological entity. They are built by draining water in marshes and sea beds. The most known polders are in Netherlands and Belgium, but there are some in France too, in particular in Mont Saint-Michel bay. The first polders here were made in 8th century. But mosy of them were made from 1769 to 1969. Purpose was to create new lands for agriculture. First polders were destroyed by river Couesnon. So the river and the tides had to be channeled. To achieve this a road dyke was built in 1879 to link Mont Saint-Michel. This is the one you take today to visit the Mont. It is the main responsible for silting around Mont Saint-Michel and it will be destroyed and replaced by a bridge in coming years. These works will take place in a project for restoration of maritime character of Mont Saint-Michel.

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