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| | Montpellier, France |
 | | Montpellier, university city, diocesan city and capital of the region of Languedoc-Roussillon and of the département of Hérault, is situated some distance west of the Camargue on the River Lez, some 10km/6mi from the coast of the Golfe du Lion. |
 | | With its three universities, national élite schools (Grandes Ecoles), agricultural college (the "Agropolis" agrarian research center), libraries, conservatoire, etc. it is an economic and cultural center for the region. |
 | | As early as 1289 Montpellier had a university, where Francesco Petrarch studied from 1316 to 1319 and François Rabelais from 1530 to 1532 and from 1537 to 1538. |
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