Montpellier, Hérault
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Montpellier

A French city of 310,240

€3,390/m²to buy
2,682 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
310,240residents

Montpellier is a French city of 310,240 in Hérault. Homes go for about €3,390 a square metre. 2,682 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€3,390/m²to buy, $365 per sq ft
€15/m²to rent, a month
€1,710property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,440median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,682 hof sunshine a year
65rainy days a year
47°Fwinter average, 8.3°C
74°Fsummer average, 23.2°C
39days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
20 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
32pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
9.3assault and robbery per 1,000
29other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
310,240residents
57 km²22 square miles
5%of homes are second homes
7%of homes stand empty
91%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Hérault

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Figures from the DVF land registry, INSEE, Météo-France, Arcep, the SSMSI, FINESS and the DREES, rebuilt four times a year. Travel times are road approximations, and prices in the smallest communes are estimated from neighbouring ones. Photograph from Wikimedia Commons.