Montpellier
Montpellier (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃.pə.lje]; Occitan: Montpelhièr [mum.peˈʎɛ]) is a ceety in soothren Fraunce. It is the caipital o the Languedoc-Roussillon region, as well as the Hérault depairtment. Montpellier is the 8t lairgest ceety o Fraunce, an is an aa the fastest growin ceety in the kintra ower the past 25 years.[1] Locatit on the sooth coast o Fraunce on the Mediterranean Sea, it is the third-lairgest French ceety on the Mediterranean coast efter Marseille an Nice.
Montpellier | |
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Aqueduc Saint-Clément, Prefectur o the Hérault depairtment (old hôtel of Ganges), place de la Comédie, Detail of the statue « The Strength Taming Love » of Injalbert, Château d'eau du Peyrou, fontaine des Trois Grâces, porte du Peyrou, cathédrale Saint-Pierre. | |
Coordinates: 43°36′43″N 3°52′38″E / 43.6119°N 3.8772°E 3°52′38″E / 43.6119°N 3.8772°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Occitanie |
Depairtment | Hérault |
Arrondissement | Montpellier |
Intercommunality | Montpellier |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Hélène Mandroux-Colas (PS) |
Area 1 | 56.88 km2 (21.96 sq mi) |
Population (2011)2 | 264,538 |
• Rank | 8t in Fraunce |
• Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 34172 /34000, 34070, 34080, 34090 |
Elevation | 7–118 m (23–387 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries.2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Internaitional relations
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Montpellier is twinned wi:
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