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.

Composition
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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Montpellier INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Béziers  Lodève  Montpellier3407 Le Crès11113408 Frontignan663410 Lattes553411 Lodève477543412 Lunel15153413 Mauguio883414 Mèze126183415 Montpellier-11 + part of Montpellier1 + part of Montpellier3416 Montpellier-2part of Montpellierpart of Montpellier3417 Montpellier-3part of Montpellierpart of Montpellier3418 Montpellier-4part of Montpellierpart of Montpellier3419 Montpellier-5part of Montpellierpart of Montpellier3420 Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez4 + part of Montpellier 4 + part of Montpellier 3422 Pignan883423 Saint-Gély-du-Fesc20203425 Sète11

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

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

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 34172  Montpellier  275,318  Montpellier-1, Montpellier-2, Montpellier-3Montpellier-4, Montpellier-5 andMontpellier - 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

References

Montpellier