Montpellier is a town situated near the south coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Hérault department. Montpellier located in the Occitanie region. Based on 2016 surveys, 607,897 people lived in the urban area and 281,615 in the city itself. Nearly one-third of the population here classifies as students from three main universities and from three higher education organizations that are outside the university framework in the city. Montpellier is the third-biggest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Nice and Marseille. It is the 7th-biggest city of France and is also the rapidly growing city in the country over the past 25 years.

Airport in Montpellier

Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport

Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport, also called as Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée also called as Fréjorgues Airport, is a domestic airport situated in southern France. Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport is located 7.2 km (4 nautical miles) east-southeast of Montpellierin Mauguio, in the Hérault department of the Languedoc-Roussillon area in France. The airport opened in early 1946, 8 years after the first flight to the area. The airport carries the 10th biggest number of passengers in France with over 1,180,000 people based on 2010 surveys. A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university) is also situated near the airport. There are many flights available from Changi International Airport to Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport daily which is operated by KLM and Air France.

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When is the Best Time to Fly to Montpellier

The suitable time to visit Montpellier is spring seasons starting from mid-April until mid-June. September is also a suitable month, but it is quite wet. Summer seasons starts from mid-June until the end of August, can be muggy and hot, even though it's a great time for those who also want to swim in the sea. Winter seasons are generally mild, but it can sometimes get cold and it can increase rainfall. The weather of Montpellier is the Mediterranean, with warm, rainy winters and sunny summers, hot, sometimes sultry, but tempered by the breeze. The city situated in the south of France, a short distance from the sea, in the area subject to north winds (tramontane and mistral), although, compared to other regions on the Gulf of Lion, Montpellier is relatively shielded by the Cévennes mountains.

What are the Top 3 Things to Do in Montpellier

Musée Fabre - The Musée Fabre is a historical museum in the southern French city of Montpellier, capital of the Hérault département. The museum was established by François-Xavier Fabre, a Montpellier painter, in late 1825. Beginning in 2003, the museum under renovating a 61.2-million-euro renovation, which was fully operated in January 2007. It is one of the key sights of Montpellier and near to the city's main square, the Place de la Comédie.

Place de la Comédie - The Place de la Comédie is square in the middle of Montpellier, Hérault in Southern France. Place de la Comédie is at the southeast point of the city centre where the fortifications of the city were previously placed.

Porte du Peyrou - The Porte du Peyrou is a grand arch in Montpellier situated in southern France. It lies at the eastern end of the Jardin de Peyrou, a park close to the centre of the city. The arch was created by François Dorbay, after the model of the Porte Saint-Denis in Paris. Its building was fully completed in 1693. Porte du Peyrou rusticated surface is topped by a Doric entablature, suitable to a martial memorial.