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Montpellier History
Montpellier, the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon and the administrative capital of Herault, is located in the southern region of France. The probable population of the city of Montpellier is around 531,000 till date.
The city, first stated in a 985 document, was at that time under a feudal local dynasty, the Guillem, count of Toulouse, who put up walls and a castle around it, joined together by two settlements. The two towers of the city, the Tour des Pins and the Tour de la Babotte are dated later, though. Montpellier became well known as a business centre in 10th century with links all across Mediterranean area and for enriched Jewish cultural traditions, tolerance of Jews, Cathars and Muslims and later on of the Protestants.
After the reformation of the 16th century, a lot of inhabitants turned into the Protestants (or Huguenots as in France) and the city became a Protestant majority (mainly Catholic) French town. Montpellier became capital of Herault, a small region, after the revolution of France.
In the19th century, Montpellier expanded into a trade centre. During the 1960s, the population grew significantly after the French settlers of Algeria cane to resettle in this city after the independence of Algeria from France. Between the 1980s and 1990s, it came to an attention with many major redevelopment plans, as the Antigone district and the Corum, and gradually has become today’s beautiful, historical Montpellier.
Its not enough about the history of the Montpellier, there is lot more about the places, statues etc which are of great worth to be known by the people, services of car rental Montpellier is attracting more people to explore the history of the city. From around the cities in France, the residents and the tourists used to visit the city by availing the France car hire facility with cheaper rates as compared to other companies. One can visit the libraries to get to know about the local dynasty and usually the college students used to avail the cheap car rental Montpellier service. People can easily hire a car in Montpellier airport to get access of many beautiful places and historical monuments.
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Montpellier History
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