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Montpellier is located 170 km (106 mi) from Marseille, 242 km (150 mi) from Toulouse, and 748 km (465 mi) from Paris. Montpellier's highest point is the Place du Peyrou, at an altitude of 57 m (187 ft). The city is built on two hills, Montpellier and Montpelliéret, thus some of its streets have great differences of altitude.
Montpellier HSC (women), a French football club; Montpellier Water Polo, multiple winners of the Championnat de France (water polo) Other uses
Montpellier is home to Montpellier HSC, which was founded in 1974 and plays in the Ligue 1, the French top division. It won the French Championship after the 2011/12 season. Home matches are played at the Stade La Mosson, named after the area where it is located, with a capacity of 31,250. It was built in 1998.
After the French conquest the entire county was dismantled, the central part of it being now called Languedoc. The gouvernement of Languedoc was created in the mid-16th century. In addition to Languedoc proper, it included the three small provinces of Gévaudan , Velay , and Vivarais (in its entirety), these three provinces being to the ...
Hérault (French pronunciation:; [3] Occitan: Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019. [4]
Histoire de la commune de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: J. Martel. 1851. Eugène Thomas (1857). Montpellier; tableau historique et descriptif, pour servir de guide à l'étranger (in French). Montpellier: Seguin. Histoire du commerce de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: J. Martel. 1861. Histoire de la ville de Montpellier (in French).
The arrondissement of Montpellier is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault département. Its INSEE code is 343 and its capital city, and prefecture of the department, is Montpellier. It has 67 communes. [2] Its population is 733,159 (2021), and its area is 1,004.8 km 2 (388.0 sq mi). [3]
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