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History

Montpellier 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 244,300 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 1.7% population growth per year between 1999 and 2004.

 

 

Europe’s oldest medicine faculty

A burgeoning Montpellier also has a youthful past. Unlike its Languedoc neighbours Carcassonne, Béziers or Narbonne, the city was not founded in Antiquity but several centuries later, in the year 1,000 to be exact. At the crossroads of trade with Spain and Italy, close to the Salt Route, Montpellier rapidly became an economic and cultural capital. The brightest talents were drawn to its Medicine Faculty, founded in 1220 and considered the oldest in Europe. Later, personnalities such as François Rabelais and Auguste Comte spent their youth on the banks of the Lez and the Mosson.

 

 

Stade de la Mosson

At the beginning of the 1970s, the La Mosson stadium is no more than a swathe of green encircled by some wooden stands on the banks of the river carrying its name. Thirty years later Montpellier can boast one of the most modern grounds in France. The evolution was linked closely to the growth of the small club from Montpellier’s La Paillade suburb which rose from the ranks of non-league football to a place among the elite. Montpellier Paillade Sporting Club, under its talismanic president Louis Nicollin, pulled itself out of anonymity and by 1977 had a relatively decent 17,000-capacity stand.

  

  

 

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