Prefecture and commune in Occitania, France

Montpellier

316Sunny Days/yr
View on Map· Pop. 248k· Elev. 180 ftWikipedia

Montpellier is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the department of Hérault. As of 2023, 310,240 people live in the city proper, while its metropolitan area has a population of 813,272 as of 2020. Montpellier is the third-largest French city near the Mediterranean coast, behind Marseille and Nice, and the seventh-largest city of France overall. The inhabitants are called Montpelliérains.Wikipedia

Province / Region Context

OccitanieAdministrative region of France

Occitania is the southernmost administrative region of metropolitan France excluding Corsica, located in the south of the country, created on 1 January 2016 from the former regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. The Council of State approved Occitania as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016, coming into effect on 30 September 2016.Wikipedia

Country: France
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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

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Livability

Safety Score
39
Internet
Country Broadband
48.7
subscriptions per 100 people
High Broadband Country
05

Climate

Sunshine
316
sunny days per year
87% of the year
Comfort Score
70/100
Good
Rainfall
30"
inches per year
Air Quality
36
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population248k
Altitude180 ftabove sea level
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