About Montpellier
Montpellier is a city in Occitanie, France with a population of 248,252. It is the 10th largest of the 640 cities of 15,000 or more listed in France, and the 2,314th largest worldwide. It lies 595 km from Paris.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 33
Coordinates
43.611, 3.876
Record updated
23 March 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 640 in FranceClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.