- 1st demographic growth in France
- 7th largest city in France in terms of population
- Metropolis: 31 municipalities and 481,276 inhabitants on a territory of 423.21 km².
- 50% of the population is under 34 years old (Source: INSEE)
- 3rd best city in France to live in
- Montpellier is the 3rd largest university city in France
- 5th largest university town in France
- The Montpellier Academy (5 departments) has 109,700 students in more than 70 higher education establishments (universities, institutes, schools and public or private high schools)
- The urban area of Montpellier alone is home to around 75,000 students, including 10,000 foreign students
- 1st wine region in the world (Sud de France Développement)
- One of the French leaders in public research: INRA, CNRS, CIRAD, INSERM, IRD and IRSTEA (INSEE)
- Top 5 public startup incubators in the world (UBI Global 2019)
- 2nd worldwide cluster for agro-environmental research