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Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Montpellier. It is located in the Hérault department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ''Communauté d'agglomération de Montpellier''. Its area is 421.8 km2. Its population was 481,276 in 2018, of which 290,053 in Montpellier proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. 4 April 2022.


History

The district of Montpellier was created in 1965. In 2001, it became an (). On January 1, 2015, the Métropolian community r ...
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Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Hérault. In 2018, 290,053 people lived in the city, while its Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 787,705.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022.
The inhabitants are called Montpelliérains. In the Middle Ages, Montpellier was an important city of the Crown of Aragon (and was the birthplace of James I of Aragon, James I), and then of Kingdom of Majorca, Majorca, before its sale to France in 1349. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the List of oldest univ ...
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Cournonterral
Cournonterral (; oc, Cornonterralh) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Population Residents are known as ''Cournonterralais''. Festival The town is known for an annual festival known as ''Pailhasses''. The festival has taken place in Cournonterral every Ash Wednesday since 1346. In that year, residents held off rivals from their neighbouring village of Aumelas

thus putting an end to a long dispute over gathering firewood. Since ...
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Prades-le-Lez
Prades-le-Lez (; oc, Pradas de Les) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Geography Climate Prades-le-Lez has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Prades-le-Lez is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Prades-le-Lez was on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 12 February 2012. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Pignan
Pignan (; oc, Pinhan) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official site
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Pérols
Pérols (; oc, Peròus) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Close to the city of Montpellier, it is mostly a quiet village with beautiful old buildings. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department References

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Murviel-lès-Montpellier
Murviel-lès-Montpellier (, literally ''Murviel near Montpellier''; Languedocien: ''Mervièlh'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. The Oppidum d'Altimurium, also known as the ''Oppidum Murviel-les-Montpellier'', is an ancient hill-town (or ''oppidum'') located near the village. Agénor Azéma de Montgravier, pioneering archaeologist, carried out excavations in the mid 19th century at the Roman ruins of Murviel-lès-Montpellier on behalf of the ''Commission de la Carte des Gaules''. An archaeological museum with some artifacts from the site is located in Murviel-les-Montpellier. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):


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Montferrier-sur-Lez
Montferrier-sur-Lez (, literally ''Montferrier on Lez''; oc, Montferrièr de Les) is a commune in the Hérault department in Occitanie in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ...
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Montaud, Hérault
Montaud (; oc, Montaut) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Montaud is a mountain village with a dozen hamlets. It contains a school, a city hall, a church, and a few farms. Most inhabitants of Montaud work in nearby Montpellier, many as researchers, teachers, engineers and technicians. History French Cardinal, Bertrand Pierre (Cardinal de Colombier), who was used by the popes at Avignon for agent in wartime missions during the Hundred Years War and in the election of Charles of Bohemia to the imperial throne, died in Montaud in 1361. Montaud is located in the north of the Vercors, an important site of the French Resistance during World War II. (Montaud located in the Vercors is another village "montaud 38") Children from the primary school of Montaud participated in a "spacetalk" via ARISS radio contact with astronaut Mike Finckle, aboard the International Space Station in 2004.
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Lavérune
Lavérune (; oc, La Veiruna) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population Sport Palla Tamburello: the main team is the ''Tambourin Club Laverune'' See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):


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Lattes, Hérault
Lattes (; oc, Latas) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France, located just on the outskirts of Montpellier. Geography Lattes is located in the South of the prefecture of Montpellier in a plain split by the river Lez, that flows to the Mediterranean Sea at Palavas-les-Flots. Stretching from west to east, the hills announce the typical relief within the department. The territory of the municipality is partially liable to flooding, when the level of the Lez rises. Areas near the river Lez and the osson riverwere protected by dykes. An environmental inspection report pointed the risk of three hundred dead in Lattes-Centre and other localities like les Marestelles and the necessity to provide accommodation.Rapport de juillet 2006 publié par ''Marianne'' n° 502, décembre 2006 A spillway has been built in 2010. The majority of the city's inhabitants live in the left bank where most of the business takes place. The Lattes-Centre ...
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Juvignac
Juvignac (; oc, Juvinhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):


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Jacou
Jacou (; oc, Jacon) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France. Located on the outskirts of Montpellier, it is situated around 7 km (4.3 mi) north of the Montpellier city centre. In 2016, it had a population of 6,785. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ...
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