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L'aqueduc Saint-Clément, la Place de l'Europe, la Place de la Comédie, l'hôtel de région, la promenade du Peyrou, le Corum, l'arc de Triomphe, la cathédrale Saint Pierre. | |
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Administration | |
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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) |
- Ranking | 8th in France |
- 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
A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation academy) is in Montpellier. The computer science school École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies is also in the city.
The University of Montpellier is one of the oldest in the world.
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Montpellier is twinned with:
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