Montpellier

Montpellier
Prefecture and commune
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.
Coat of arms
Location of Montpellier
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Coordinates: 43°36′43″N 3°52′38″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Intercommunality	Montpellier
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hélène Mandroux-Colas
Area 1	56.88 km2 (21.96 sq mi)
Population  (2009)	255,080
• Density	4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Montpelliérains
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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).

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