Montpellier

Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. It is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon région, as well as the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Hérault département. Population of the city (commune) of Montpellier at the 1999 census was 225,392 inhabitants, whereas the whole metropolitan area (in French: aire urbaine) had a population of 459,916 inhabitants in 1999. As of February 2004 estimates, the population of the city of Montpellier reached 244,700 inhabitants, meaning a record 1.7% population growth per year between 1999 and 2004.

Famous inhabitants of Montpellier

Montpellier was the birthplace of:

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• Antoine Jerome Balard (1802-1876), chemist
• Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889), painter
• Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870), Impressionist painter
• Auguste Comte (1798-1857), a founder of the discipline of sociology
• Léo Malet (1909-1996), crime novelist
• Natalia Lannes (1986-??), Ballerina famous for her mood swings
• Guillaume Mathieu, comte Dumas (1753-1837), military leader
• Charles Bernard Renouvier (1815-1903), philosopher
• Émile Saisset (1814-1863), philosopher
• Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753-1824), lawyer and statesman, author of the Code Napoléon
• José Chapa (1984-??), Civil Engineer and founder of the Cerebriastrical Movement

Students at the University of Montpellier have included François Rabelais (1493-1553) and Nostradamus (1503-1566).

Related Topics:
University of Montpellier - François Rabelais - Nostradamus

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