Montpellier

Montpellier
	Montpellier
	Aqueduc Saint-Clément, the prefecture de l'Hérault (old hôtel de Ganges), the Place de la Comédie, Detail of the statue « The Strength Taming Love » of Injalbert, Château d'eau du Peyrou, the Fountain of the Three Graces, the gate of the Peyrou and the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier.
Administration
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Intercommunality	Montpellier
Mayor	Hélène Mandroux-Colas; (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	7–118 m (23–387 ft); (avg. 27 m/89 ft)
Land area1	56.88 km2 (21.96 sq mi)
Population2	255,080 (2009)
- Density	4,485/km2 (11,620/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	34172/ 34000, 34070, 34080, 34090
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Montpellier is a city in south of France. About 280,000 people live there. It is the 8th largest city in France. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification).

Education

The University of Montpellier is one of the oldest in the world, as well as the Montpellier Business School.

Montpellier is twinned with:

Tlemcen, Algeria, since 2009 Lakewood, United States, since 1918 Louisville, United States, since 1955 Heidelberg, Germany, since 1961 Barcelona, Spain since 1963	Chengdu, China, since 1981 Tiberias, Israel, since 1983 Fes, Morocco since 2003 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil since 2008

Montpellier in the 16th century
The Tour de la Babote in Montpellier (France).
This building is en partie classé, en partie inscrit au titre des monuments historiques de la France. It is indexed in the base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the references
Rue Foch with its typical 19th-century architecture
- 500px provided description: Antigone District [#city ,#street ,#europe ,#architecture ,#building ,#france ,#montpellier ,#languedoc-roussillon ,#antigone]
Montpellier seen from Spot satellite
Place Pierre Renaudel à Celleneuve (Montpellier)
Port Marianne
Place De La Comedie, Montpellier.
The triumphal arch of Peyrou, commissioned by Louis XIV, marks the entrance of the city of Montpellier.*The Latin inscription reads, Ludovico Magno LXXII annos egnante dissociatis repressis conciliatis gentibus quartet ecennali pax bello conjuratis terra marique parta 1715 Translation: "Louis the Great reigned for 72 years, the nations who betrayed the alliance have been repressed and are reconci

This short article about a place or feature in France can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

Administration
Montpellier

Aqueduc Saint-Clément, the prefecture de l'Hérault (old hôtel de Ganges), the Place de la Comédie, Detail of the statue « The Strength Taming Love » of Injalbert, Château d'eau du Peyrou, the Fountain of the Three Graces, the gate of the Peyrou and the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier.



Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Intercommunality	Montpellier
Mayor	Hélène Mandroux-Colas (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	7–118 m (23–387 ft) (avg. 27 m/89 ft)
Land area¹	56.88 km² (21.96 sq mi)
Population²	255,080 (2009)
- Density	4,485/km² (11,620/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	34172/ 34000, 34070, 34080, 34090
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.