Montpellier is a

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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.France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. The city is located south of

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, on the

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. The city has a population of 255,080 and is the 8th largest city in France.

Urban transport

Bus

Bus services are operated by TaM.

Tram

Montpellier has 4 tram routes, serving large parts of the city. The first line opened in 2000 and there is now a network of 63 km (2012). All 4 routes serve Montpellier-Saint-Roch railway station. * 1 (Mosson - Hospital Lapeyronie - University - City Centre - Odysseum) * 2 (Saint-Jean de Vedas - Villeneuve d'Angoulême - City Centre - Castelnau-le-Lez - Jacou) * 3 (Juvignac - Mosson - City Centre - Boirargues - Lattes / Perols-Etang de l'Or) * 4 (City Centre Service: Place Albert 1er - Saint-Denis)

Cycling

Vélomagg' (from Vélos Montpellier Agglomeration) is a bike sharing scheme in Montpellier launched in June 2007, engineered by

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. This

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has 750 bicycles and 59 stations for short and long term renting, optionally coupled with tramway, bus and

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services. Individual bicycles can park in secured parking lots linked to the system, equipped with electrical public pumps. The bicycles are secured by electronic locks operated by RFID client smart card or keyboard. The system is reliable and appreciated, the bicycles are relatively cheap, sturdy and light. Contrary to most other such programs, it is not linked to an advertising deal. File:Vélomagg' hire station at Antigone Centre.jpg , Now in Orange File:VélomaggPark.jpg , Secured bicycle parks File:VélomaggRedispatchingFleet.jpg , Bicycles are redispatched by electric vans File:VélomaggStation.jpg , A Vélomagg' station

Longer distance transport

Car

Montpellier lies on the A9 Motorway (

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- Spanish Border -

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Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attract ...

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Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...

and

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

are all accessible by Motorway from Montpellier.

Rail

Gare de Montpellier-Saint-Roch (34) - Bâtiment voyageurs

Montpellier-Saint-Roch railway station is the main station, located in the city centre. The station is served by trains to major cities such as

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, Avignon, Béziers,

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, Le Mans,

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ...

, Nantes,

Narbonne Narbonne (, also , ; oc, Narbona ; la, Narbo ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the ...

, Nîmes, Perpignan, Rennes and

. International services operate to

and

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and

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. There are plans to construct a

high-speed railway High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail system that runs significantly faster than traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, line ...

linking Nîmes and Montpellier with the

LGV Méditerranée The LGV Méditerranée (French: ''Ligne à Grande Vitesse''; English: Mediterranean high-speed line) is a French high-speed rail line running between Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, Drôme and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, also featuring a connecti ...

. Train services are operated by SNCF.

Air

Montpellier – Méditerranée Airport is located south-east of the city, in the area of Fréjorgues.

Marseille Provence Airport Marseille Provence Airport () is an international airport located 27 km (17 miles) northwest of Marseille, on the territory of Marignane, both ''communes'' of the Bouches-du-Rhône ''département'' in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur '' r� ...

is away, which offers more international flights. Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport and

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, ), also known as Roissy Airport or simply Paris CDG, is the principal airport serving the French capital, Paris ( and its metropolitan area), and the largest intern ...

can both be reached by public transport from Montpellier. Paris-CDG airport has a number of direct TGV train services from Montpellier.

References

External links

TaM official web site
{{in lang, fr Transport in Occitania (administrative region)