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.
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Coordinates: 43°36′43″N 3°52′38″E / 43.6119°N 3.8772°ECoordinates: 43°36′43″N 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) | |
Area1 | 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 | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 34172 /34000, 34070, 34080, 34090 | |
Elevation | 7–118 m (23–387 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft) |
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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. |
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.
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Montpellier Tourist Information and Montpellier Tourism". Montpellier Information and Tourism. Retrieved 5 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "Barcelona internacional – Ciutats agermanades" (in Spanish). © 2006–2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 13 Julie 2009. External link in
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