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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.

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Montpellier

Location in France

Montpellier

Location in Occitanie

Country

Montpellier

Area

56.88 km² (21.96 sq mi)

Population

(2009)

255,080

• Density

4,484.5/km² (11,614.9/sq mi)

Montpelliérains

• Summer (DST)

INSEE/Postal code

34172 /34000, 34070, 34080, 34090

Elevation

7–118 m (23–387 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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).

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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 and E-Artsup are also in the city.

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

Transport

Montpellier – Méditerranée Airport

Sister cities

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