Arrondissement of Montpellier facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Montpellier
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Location of Montpellier in Hérault
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| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Hérault |
| Communes | 93 |
| Prefecture | Montpellier |
| INSEE code | 343 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,294.6 km2 (499.8 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 700,241 |
| • Density | 540.894/km2 (1,400.91/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Montpellier is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault département. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Montpellier.
History
When the Hérault department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Montpellier was part of that original department.
Geography
It is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of 1,294.6 km2 (499.8 sq mi). It has a population of 700,241 inhabitants and a density of 540.9 inhabitants/km².
The arrondissement covers the northeastern part of the department and is bordered to the north and northeast by the Gard department, to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Béziers and to the west by the arrondissement of Lodève.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Montpellier, there are 14 cantons with all is communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
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| Béziers | Lodève | Montpellier | |||
| 3407 | Le Crès | 11 | 11 | ||
| 3408 | Frontignan | 6 | 6 | ||
| 3410 | Lattes | 5 | 5 | ||
| 3411 | Lodève | 47 | 7 | 54 | |
| 3412 | Lunel | 15 | 15 | ||
| 3413 | Mauguio | 8 | 8 | ||
| 3414 | Mèze | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
| 3415 | Montpellier-1 | 1 + part of Montpellier | 1 + part of Montpellier | ||
| 3416 | Montpellier-2 | part of Montpellier | part of Montpellier | ||
| 3417 | Montpellier-3 | part of Montpellier | part of Montpellier | ||
| 3418 | Montpellier-4 | part of Montpellier | part of Montpellier | ||
| 3419 | Montpellier-5 | part of Montpellier | part of Montpellier | ||
| 3420 | Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez | 4 + part of Montpellier | 4 + part of Montpellier | ||
| 3422 | Pignan | 8 | 8 | ||
| 3423 | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc | 20 | 20 | ||
| 3425 | Sète | 1 | 1 | ||
Communes
The arrondissement of Montpellier has 93 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
- Assas (34014)
- Baillargues (34022)
- Balaruc-le-Vieux (34024)
- Balaruc-les-Bains (34023)
- Beaulieu (34027)
- Boisseron (34033)
- Bouzigues (34039)
- Buzignargues (34043)
- Campagne (34048)
- Candillargues (34050)
- Castelnau-le-Lez (34057)
- Castries (34058)
- Cazevieille (34066)
- Clapiers (34077)
- Claret (34078)
- Combaillaux (34082)
- Cournonsec (34087)
- Cournonterral (34088)
- Le Crès (34090)
- Fabrègues (34095)
- Ferrières-les-Verreries (34099)
- Fontanès (34102)
- Frontignan (34108)
- Galargues (34110)
- Garrigues (34112)
- Gigean (34113)
- Grabels (34116)
- La Grande-Motte (34344)
- Guzargues (34118)
- Jacou (34120)
- Juvignac (34123)
- Lansargues (34127)
- Lattes (34129)
- Lauret (34131)
- Lavérune (34134)
- Loupian (34143)
- Lunel (34145)
- Lunel-Viel (34146)
- Marsillargues (34151)
- Les Matelles (34153)
- Mauguio (34154)
- Mireval (34159)
- Montaud (34164)
- Montbazin (34165)
- Montferrier-sur-Lez (34169)
- Montpellier (34172)
- Mudaison (34176)
- Murles (34177)
- Murviel-lès-Montpellier (34179)
- Mèze (34157)
- Palavas-les-Flots (34192)
- Pignan (34202)
- Poussan (34213)
- Prades-le-Lez (34217)
- Pérols (34198)
- Restinclières (34227)
- Saint-Aunès (34240)
- Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel (34242)
- Saint-Brès (34244)
- Saint-Christol (34246)
- Saint-Clément-de-Rivière (34247)
- Saint-Drézéry (34249)
- Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues (34256)
- Saint-Georges-d'Orques (34259)
- Saint-Gély-du-Fesc (34255)
- Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir (34263)
- Saint-Jean-de-Cornies (34265)
- Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles (34266)
- Saint-Jean-de-Védas (34270)
- Saint-Just (34272)
- Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers (34276)
- Saint-Nazaire-de-Pézan (34280)
- Saint-Sériès (34288)
- Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues (34290)
- Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues (34248)
- Saturargues (34294)
- Saussan (34295)
- Saussines (34296)
- Sauteyrargues (34297)
- Sussargues (34307)
- Sète (34301)
- Teyran (34309)
- Le Triadou (34314)
- Vacquières (34318)
- Vailhauquès (34320)
- Valergues (34321)
- Valflaunès (34322)
- Vendargues (34327)
- Vérargues (34330)
- Vic-la-Gardiole (34333)
- Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone (34337)
- Villetelle (34340)
- Villeveyrac (34341)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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| 34172 | Montpellier | 275,318 | Montpellier-1, Montpellier-2, Montpellier-3 Montpellier-4, Montpellier-5 and Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez |
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole |
| 34301 | Sète | 44,136 | Sète | Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau |
| 34145 | Lunel | 24,873 | Lunel | Le Pays de Lunel |
| 34108 | Frontignan | 22,896 | Frontignan | Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau |
| 34057 | Castelnau-le-Lez | 19,157 | Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez | Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole |
| 34154 | Mauguio | 16,765 | Mauguio | Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or |
| 34129 | Lattes | 15,963 | Lattes | Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole |
| 34157 | Mèze | 11,196 | Mèze | Le Nord du Bassin de Thau |
| 34255 | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc | 9,625 | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc | Le Grand Pic Saint-Loup |
| 34337 | Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone | 9,577 | Pignan | Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole |
| 34198 | Pérols | 9,089 | Lattes | Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole |
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See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Montpellier para niños
