Arrondissement of Montpellier

The arrondissement of Montpellier is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault département. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Montpellier.

Montpellier
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHérault
No. of communes67
PrefectureMontpellier
Area
1,004.8 km2 (388.0 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
713,622
INSEE code343

History

When the Hérault department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Montpellier was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

It is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of 1,294.6 square kilometres (499.8 square miles).[3] It has a population of 700,241 inhabitants and a density of 540.9 inhabitants/km².[4]

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 Mediterranean Sea, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Béziers and to the west by the arrondissement of Lodève.

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Montpellier, there are 14 cantons with all is communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Montpellier
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
BéziersLodèveMontpellier
3407Le Crès1111
3408Frontignan66
3410Lattes55
3411Lodève47754
3412Lunel1515
3413Mauguio88
3414Mèze12618
3415Montpellier-11 + part of Montpellier1 + part of Montpellier
3416Montpellier-2part of Montpellierpart of Montpellier
3417Montpellier-3part of Montpellierpart of Montpellier
3418Montpellier-4part of Montpellierpart of Montpellier
3419Montpellier-5part of Montpellierpart of Montpellier
3420Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez4 + part of Montpellier4 + part of Montpellier
3422Pignan88
3423Saint-Gély-du-Fesc2020
3425Sète11

Communes

The arrondissement of Montpellier has 93 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Assas (34014)
  2. Baillargues (34022)
  3. Balaruc-le-Vieux (34024)
  4. Balaruc-les-Bains (34023)
  5. Beaulieu (34027)
  6. Boisseron (34033)
  7. Bouzigues (34039)
  8. Buzignargues (34043)
  9. Campagne (34048)
  10. Candillargues (34050)
  11. Castelnau-le-Lez (34057)
  12. Castries (34058)
  13. Cazevieille (34066)
  14. Clapiers (34077)
  15. Claret (34078)
  16. Combaillaux (34082)
  17. Cournonsec (34087)
  18. Cournonterral (34088)
  19. Le Crès (34090)
  20. Fabrègues (34095)
  21. Ferrières-les-Verreries (34099)
  22. Fontanès (34102)
  23. Frontignan (34108)
  24. Galargues (34110)
  25. Garrigues (34112)
  26. Gigean (34113)
  27. Grabels (34116)
  28. La Grande-Motte (34344)
  29. Guzargues (34118)
  30. Jacou (34120)
  31. Juvignac (34123)
  32. Lansargues (34127)
  33. Lattes (34129)
  34. Lauret (34131)
  35. Lavérune (34134)
  36. Loupian (34143)
  37. Lunel (34145)
  38. Lunel-Viel (34146)
  39. Marsillargues (34151)
  40. Les Matelles (34153)
  41. Mauguio (34154)
  42. Mireval (34159)
  43. Montaud (34164)
  44. Montbazin (34165)
  45. Montferrier-sur-Lez (34169)
  46. Montpellier (34172)
  47. Mudaison (34176)
  48. Murles (34177)
  49. Murviel-lès-Montpellier (34179)
  50. Mèze (34157)
  51. Palavas-les-Flots (34192)
  52. Pignan (34202)
  53. Poussan (34213)
  54. Prades-le-Lez (34217)
  55. Pérols (34198)
  56. Restinclières (34227)
  57. Saint-Aunès (34240)
  58. Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel (34242)
  59. Saint-Brès (34244)
  60. Saint-Christol (34246)
  61. Saint-Clément-de-Rivière (34247)
  62. Saint-Drézéry (34249)
  63. Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues (34256)
  64. Saint-Georges-d'Orques (34259)
  65. Saint-Gély-du-Fesc (34255)
  66. Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir (34263)
  67. Saint-Jean-de-Cornies (34265)
  68. Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles (34266)
  69. Saint-Jean-de-Védas (34270)
  70. Saint-Just (34272)
  71. Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers (34276)
  72. Saint-Nazaire-de-Pézan (34280)
  73. Saint-Sériès (34288)
  74. Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues (34290)
  75. Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues (34248)
  76. Saturargues (34294)
  77. Saussan (34295)
  78. Saussines (34296)
  79. Sauteyrargues (34297)
  80. Sussargues (34307)
  81. Sète (34301)
  82. Teyran (34309)
  83. Le Triadou (34314)
  84. Vacquières (34318)
  85. Vailhauquès (34320)
  86. Valergues (34321)
  87. Valflaunès (34322)
  88. Vendargues (34327)
  89. Vérargues (34330)
  90. Vic-la-Gardiole (34333)
  91. Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone (34337)
  92. Villetelle (34340)
  93. Villeveyrac (34341)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
34172Montpellier275,318Montpellier-1, Montpellier-2, Montpellier-3
Montpellier-4, Montpellier-5 and
Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez		Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
34301Sète44,136SèteCommunauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau
34145Lunel24,873LunelLe Pays de Lunel
34108Frontignan22,896FrontignanCommunauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau
34057Castelnau-le-Lez19,157Montpellier - Castelnau-le-LezMontpellier Méditerranée Métropole
34154Mauguio16,765MauguioCommunauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or
34129Lattes15,963LattesMontpellier Méditerranée Métropole
34157Mèze11,196MèzeLe Nord du Bassin de Thau
34255Saint-Gély-du-Fesc9,625Saint-Gély-du-FescLe Grand Pic Saint-Loup
34337Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone9,577PignanMontpellier Méditerranée Métropole
34198Pérols9,089LattesMontpellier Méditerranée Métropole

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique de l'Hérault". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. "Département du Lot (46)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  5. "Décret n° 2014-258 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Hérault" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Arrondissement de Montpellier (343)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

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