Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire

Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 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.

Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire is the "host town" of the Haute-Provence Observatory, a nationally ranked facility. It is considered, by many astronomers, to be the best European low-altitude observatory in operation. There is also an astronomy center for educational purposes. It hosts students of elementary schools for brief stays during the year and organizes theme nights of combined sky observations and expositions/debates on different themes.

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