métropole A ''métropole'' (French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in France, in which several communes cooperate, and which has the right to levy local tax, an ''établissement public de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre''. I ...

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

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 ...

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.department, in the

Occitanie Occitanie may refer to: *Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French *Occitania (administrative region) Occitania ( ; french: Occitanie ; oc, Occitània ; ca, Occitània ) is the southernmost administrative region of ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

, southern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ''

Communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...

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

agglomeration community An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté u ...

(). On January 1, 2015, the Métropolian community replaced the agglomeration community in accordance with a law of January 2014.

Composition

Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole covers the following 31 communes.Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole (N° SIREN : 243400017)
BANATIC. Accessed 4 April 2022.INSEE
/ref> The communes with « ° » are the 15 members of the former district of Montpellier. #

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 ...

° # Beaulieu # Castelnau-le-Lez° #

Castries Castries is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of 70,000, as at May 2013. The city stretches o ...

# Clapiers° # Cournonsec #

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 festiva ...

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Le Crès Le Crès (; Languedocien: ''Lo Crèç'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. The town has three football stadiums and a secondary school. Every year there is a village party with bulls in the arena and in the streets. Po ...

° # Fabrègues # Grabels° # Jacou° # Juvignac° # Lattes° #

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 dep ...

# Montaud #

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 ...

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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 ...

° # Murviel-lès-Montpellier #

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 ...

° # Pignan # Prades-le-Lez° #

Restinclières Restinclières (; oc, Restinclièiras) 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 France, comm ...

# Saint-Brès # Saint-Drézéry # Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues # Saint-Georges-d'Orques # Saint-Jean-de-Védas° # Saussan # Sussargues # Vendargues° #

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 ...

Palavas-les-Flots Palavas-les-Flots (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Palavàs'') 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 Fra ...

left the Agglomeration community of Montpellier Agglomération on January 1, 2005. The commune was one of the initial member communes of the "district de Montpellier".

References

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 ...

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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 ...

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