What is the largest city of Hérault?

Montpellier, with 310,240 inhabitants, ahead of Béziers (81,545).

How many cities does Hérault have?

14 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Hérault has far more communes than that.

Which city of Hérault is the densest?

Montpellier, at 5,434 inhab./km², against 1,167 inhab./km² for the cities of Hérault taken together.

Which region is Hérault in?

Occitanie, which this dataset carries 81 cities of.

Which cities are in Hérault?

Montpellier (310,240), Béziers (81,545), Sète (45,337), Agde (29,939), Lunel (26,623), Castelnau-le-Lez (26,058), Frontignan (24,136), Lattes (17,351), Mauguio (16,522), Juvignac (14,055). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.

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Cities of Hérault (34)

Hérault carries 14 cities in this dataset, 639,147 inhabitants between them. The largest is Montpellier (310,240), the smallest Saint-Gély-du-Fesc (10,472).

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Cities14
Inhabitants639,147
DensestMontpellier5,434 inhab./km²
Largest areaBéziers95.8 km²

The 14 cities of Hérault, largest first
Rank	City	Population	Density inhab./km²	Area km²
1	Montpellier	310,240	5,434	57.1
2	Béziers	81,545	851	95.8
3	Sète	45,337	1,117	40.6
4	Agde	29,939	596	50.2
5	Lunel	26,623	1,101	24.2
6	Castelnau-le-Lez	26,058	2,346	11.1
7	Frontignan	24,136	603	40
8	Lattes	17,351	538	32.2
9	Mauguio	16,522	215	76.9
10	Juvignac	14,055	1,289	10.9
11	Saint-Jean-de-Védas	13,328	1,013	13.2
12	Mèze	12,669	265	47.7
13	Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone	10,872	349	31.2
14	Saint-Gély-du-Fesc	10,472	632	16.6

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

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What is the largest city of Hérault?: Montpellier, with 310,240 inhabitants, ahead of Béziers (81,545).
How many cities does Hérault have?: 14 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Hérault has far more communes than that.
Which city of Hérault is the densest?: Montpellier, at 5,434 inhab./km², against 1,167 inhab./km² for the cities of Hérault taken together.
Which region is Hérault in?: Occitanie, which this dataset carries 81 cities of.
Which cities are in Hérault?: Montpellier (310,240), Béziers (81,545), Sète (45,337), Agde (29,939), Lunel (26,623), Castelnau-le-Lez (26,058), Frontignan (24,136), Lattes (17,351), Mauguio (16,522), Juvignac (14,055). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.