The arrondissement of Montpellier is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

of France. It is part of the

Hérault Hérault (; oc, 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.département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety ...

. Its

INSEE code The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes and '' départements''. They are also used as national identificati ...

is 343 and its

capital city A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses t ...

, and prefecture of the department, is Montpellier. It has 67

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

. Its population is 683,935 (2016), and its area is . The main cities in the arrondissement, with more than 20,000 inhabitants in 2019, are Montpellier (295,542 inhabitants), Sète (43,858 inhabitants), Lunel (26,385 inhabitants),

Frontignan Frontignan (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Frontignan is renowned for its AOC wine, the Muscat de Frontignan, a sweet wine made solely from the Muscat grape variety. Geography Frontignan is located in the ...

(23,028 inhabitants) and Castelnau-le-Lez (22,534 inhabitants).Populations légales 2019: 34 Hérault
INSEE

Geography

The arrondissement covers the northeastern part of the department and is bordered to the north and northeast by the Gard department, to the east and south by the

Gulf of Lion The Gulf of Lion or Gulf of Lions (French: ''golfe du Lion'', Spanish: ''golfo de León'', Italian: ''Golfo del Leone'', Occitan: ''golf del/dau Leon'', Catalan: ''golf del Lleó'', Medieval Latin: ''sinus Leonis'', ''mare Leonis'', Classical L ...

(

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

), to the southwest by the

arrondissement of Béziers The arrondissement of Béziers is an arrondissement of France in the Hérault department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 341 and its capital city is Béziers. It has 153 communes. Its population is 309,800 (2016), and its area is . ...

and to the west by the

arrondissement of Lodève The arrondissement of Lodève is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault département. Its INSEE code is 342 and its capital city is Lodève. It has 122 communes. Its population is 138,746 (2016), and its area is . It is the north ...

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Montpellier are (with their

s): #

Baillargues Baillargues (; oc, Balhargues) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Baillargues station has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault ...

(34022) # Balaruc-le-Vieux (34024) #

Balaruc-les-Bains Balaruc-les-Bains (; oc, Los Banhs de Balaruc) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department * Balaruc *Étang de Thau The Étang de Thau ( ...

(34023) # Beaulieu (34027) #

Boisseron Boisseron () 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. ...

(34033) #

Bouzigues Bouzigues (; ''Bosigas'' in Occitan) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department *Étang de Thau The Étang de Thau (; oc, Estanh de Taur) or Bassin de Thau is th ...

(34039) # Campagne (34048) # Candillargues (34050) # Castelnau-le-Lez (34057) # Castries (34058) # Clapiers (34077) # Cournonsec (34087) # Cournonterral (34088) # Le Crès (34090) # Entre-Vignes (34246) # Fabrègues (34095) #

(34108) # Galargues (34110) # Garrigues (34112) #

Gigean Gigean (; oc, Gijan) is a commune in the Hérault ''département'' in Occitanie in southern France. Geography Gigean is bordered by the Étang de Thau The Étang de Thau (; oc, Estanh de Taur) or Bassin de Thau is the largest of a strin ...

(34113) # Grabels (34116) # La Grande-Motte (34344) # Jacou (34120) # Juvignac (34123) #

Lansargues Lansargues (; oc, Lançargues) 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 the Hérault de ...

(34127) # Lattes (34129) # Lavérune (34134) # Loupian (34143) # Lunel (34145) # Lunel-Viel (34146) # Marseillan (34150) # Marsillargues (34151) # Mauguio (34154) #

Mireval Mireval (; oc, Miravau) is a commune in the Hérault department in Occitanie in southern France. Vic-Mireval station has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon. It is famous for its muscat wine, the ''Muscat de Mireval'', ab ...

(34159) # Montaud (34164) #

Montbazin Montbazin (; oc, Montbasin) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is part of the Agglomeration of Sete. In Roman times it was an important stopover on the road from Narbonne to Rome. Popul ...

(34165) #

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 ...

(34169) # Montpellier (34172) # Mudaison (34176) # Murviel-lès-Montpellier (34179) #

Mèze Mèze (; oc, Mesa; phn, Mansa) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Mézois''. Geography Situated on the étang de Thau, Mèze shares with Bouzigues its historic role as the oyster capital ...

(34157) #

Palavas-les-Flots Palavas-les-Flots (; Languedocien: ''Palavàs'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Geography Palavas is a seaside resort, some six km south of Montpellier, at the Gulf of Lion and the Mediterr ...

(34192) # Pignan (34202) #

Poussan Poussan (; oc, Poçan) 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 ...

(34213) # Prades-le-Lez (34217) # Pérols (34198) # Restinclières (34227) # Saint-Aunès (34240) # Saint-Brès (34244) # Saint-Drézéry (34249) # Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues (34256) # Saint-Georges-d'Orques (34259) # Saint-Jean-de-Védas (34270) # Saint-Just (34272) # Saint-Nazaire-de-Pézan (34280) # Saint-Sériès (34288) # Saturargues (34294) # Saussan (34295) # Saussines (34296) # Sussargues (34307) # Sète (34301) # Valergues (34321) # Vendargues (34327) #

Vic-la-Gardiole Vic-la-Gardiole (; oc, Vic la Gardiòla) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population Gallery File:Vic-la-Gardiole, Hérault 14.jpg, "Bois des Aresquiers" File:Vic-la-Gardiole, Hérault fro ...

(34333) #

Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone ( Occitan: ''Vilanòva de Magalona'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in Southern France. Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone station has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon. Et ...

(34337) # Villetelle (34340) # Villeveyrac (34341)

History

The arrondissement of Montpellier was created in 1800.Historique de l'Hérault
/ref> In 2009 it lost the three cantons of Aniane, Ganges and Saint-Martin-de-Londres to the

. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Hérault, it gained one commune from the

, and it lost 26 communes to the arrondissement of Lodève. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Montpellier were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 34 Hérault
INSEE # Castelnau-le-Lez # Castries # Claret #

# Lattes # Lunel # Les Matelles # Mauguio #

# Montpellier-1 # Montpellier-2 # Montpellier-3 # Montpellier-4 # Montpellier-5 # Montpellier-6 # Montpellier-7 # Montpellier-8 # Montpellier-9 # Montpellier-10 # Pignan # Sète-1 # Sète-2

References

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