
Country: France Montpellier is one of southern France’s major urban centres, drawing its character from a prime spot near the Mediterranean Sea. It serves as the prefecture of Hérault and is among the largest cities in Occitania. With 310,240 residents in the city proper and 842,923 across its metropolitan area, it ranks as France’s seventh-largest city and the third-largest on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille and Nice.
