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.

## History

When the Hérault department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Montpellier was part of that original department.

## Geography

It is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department, with an area of . It has a population of 700,241 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

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.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3407|Le Crès|||11|**11**|
|3408|Frontignan|||6|**6**|
|3410|Lattes|||5|**5**|
|3411|Lodève||47|7|**54**|
|3412|Lunel|||15|**15**|
|3413|Mauguio|||8|**8**|
|3414|Mèze|12||6|**18**|
|3415|Montpellier-1|||1 + part of Montpellier|**1** + part of Montpellier|
|3416|Montpellier-2|||part of Montpellier|part of Montpellier|
|3417|Montpellier-3|||part of Montpellier|part of Montpellier|
|3418|Montpellier-4|||part of Montpellier|part of Montpellier|
|3419|Montpellier-5|||part of Montpellier|part of Montpellier|
|3420|Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez|||4 + part of Montpellier|**4** + part of Montpellier|
|3422|Pignan|||8|**8**|
|3423|Saint-Gély-du-Fesc|||20|**20**|
|3425|Sète|||1|**1**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Montpellier has 93 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Assas <small>(34014)</small>
1. Baillargues <small>(34022)</small>
1. Balaruc-le-Vieux <small>(34024)</small>
1. Balaruc-les-Bains <small>(34023)</small>
1. Beaulieu <small>(34027)</small>
1. Boisseron <small>(34033)</small>
1. Bouzigues <small>(34039)</small>
1. Buzignargues <small>(34043)</small>
1. Campagne <small>(34048)</small>
1. Candillargues <small>(34050)</small>
1. Castelnau-le-Lez <small>(34057)</small>
1. Castries <small>(34058)</small>
1. Cazevieille <small>(34066)</small>
1. Clapiers <small>(34077)</small>
1. Claret <small>(34078)</small>
1. Combaillaux <small>(34082)</small>
1. Cournonsec <small>(34087)</small>
1. Cournonterral <small>(34088)</small>
1. Le Crès <small>(34090)</small>
1. Fabrègues <small>(34095)</small>
1. Ferrières-les-Verreries <small>(34099)</small>
1. Fontanès <small>(34102)</small>
1. Frontignan <small>(34108)</small>
1. Galargues <small>(34110)</small>
1. Garrigues <small>(34112)</small>
1. Gigean <small>(34113)</small>
1. Grabels <small>(34116)</small>
1. La Grande-Motte <small>(34344)</small>
1. Guzargues <small>(34118)</small>
1. Jacou <small>(34120)</small>
1. Juvignac <small>(34123)</small>
1. Lansargues <small>(34127)</small>
1. Lattes <small>(34129)</small>
1. Lauret <small>(34131)</small>
1. Lavérune <small>(34134)</small>
1. Loupian <small>(34143)</small>
1. Lunel <small>(34145)</small>
1. Lunel-Viel <small>(34146)</small>
1. Marsillargues <small>(34151)</small>
1. Les Matelles <small>(34153)</small>
1. Mauguio <small>(34154)</small>
1. Mireval <small>(34159)</small>
1. Montaud <small>(34164)</small>
1. Montbazin <small>(34165)</small>
1. Montferrier-sur-Lez <small>(34169)</small>
1. Montpellier <small>(34172)</small>
1. Mudaison <small>(34176)</small>
1. Murles <small>(34177)</small>
1. Murviel-lès-Montpellier <small>(34179)</small>
1. Mèze <small>(34157)</small>
1. Palavas-les-Flots <small>(34192)</small>
1. Pignan <small>(34202)</small>
1. Poussan <small>(34213)</small>
1. Prades-le-Lez <small>(34217)</small>
1. Pérols <small>(34198)</small>
1. Restinclières <small>(34227)</small>
1. Saint-Aunès <small>(34240)</small>
1. Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel <small>(34242)</small>
1. Saint-Brès <small>(34244)</small>
1. Saint-Christol <small>(34246)</small>
1. Saint-Clément-de-Rivière <small>(34247)</small>
1. Saint-Drézéry <small>(34249)</small>
1. Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues <small>(34256)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-d'Orques <small>(34259)</small>
1. Saint-Gély-du-Fesc <small>(34255)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir <small>(34263)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Cornies <small>(34265)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles <small>(34266)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Védas <small>(34270)</small>
1. Saint-Just <small>(34272)</small>
1. Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers <small>(34276)</small>
1. Saint-Nazaire-de-Pézan <small>(34280)</small>
1. Saint-Sériès <small>(34288)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues <small>(34290)</small>
1. Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues <small>(34248)</small>
1. Saturargues <small>(34294)</small>
1. Saussan <small>(34295)</small>
1. Saussines <small>(34296)</small>
1. Sauteyrargues <small>(34297)</small>
1. Sussargues <small>(34307)</small>
1. Sète <small>(34301)</small>
1. Teyran <small>(34309)</small>
1. Le Triadou <small>(34314)</small>
1. Vacquières <small>(34318)</small>
1. Vailhauquès <small>(34320)</small>
1. Valergues <small>(34321)</small>
1. Valflaunès <small>(34322)</small>
1. Vendargues <small>(34327)</small>
1. Vérargues <small>(34330)</small>
1. Vic-la-Gardiole <small>(34333)</small>
1. Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone <small>(34337)</small>
1. Villetelle <small>(34340)</small>
1. Villeveyrac <small>(34341)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|34172|Montpellier|275,318|Montpellier-1, Montpellier-2, Montpellier-3 Montpellier-4, Montpellier-5 and Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez || Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole||
|34301|Sète|44,136|Sète|Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau|
|34145|Lunel|24,873|Lunel|Le Pays de Lunel|
|34108|Frontignan|22,896|Frontignan|Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau|
|34057|Castelnau-le-Lez|19,157|Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez|Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole|
|34154|Mauguio|16,765|Mauguio|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or|
|34129|Lattes|15,963|Lattes|Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole|
|34157|Mèze|11,196|Mèze|Le Nord du Bassin de Thau|
|34255|Saint-Gély-du-Fesc|9,625|Saint-Gély-du-Fesc|Le Grand Pic Saint-Loup|
|34337|Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone|9,577|Pignan|Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole|
|34198|Pérols|9,089|Lattes|Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Hérault department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Montpellier
- **insee**: 343
- **nbcomm**: 67
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Montpellier
- **area**: 1004.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Montpellier 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie