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Languedoc Roussillon Population

• Population: 2,295,648
• Pop.density (people per km2): 87

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Three principal communes

Montpellier (287,981)

This lively, energetic and progressive city has long been an important trade centre and is today most known for being an important university city. With 60,000 students it's a youthful place - the average age is said to be just 25. The buzzing old city is almost entirely pedestrianized and has lots of bars and restaurants. This certainly should be one of the top places on the list for young people moving to France to consider. There's plenty of art galleries, theatres and music venues and to top it all off, the beach.

Perpignan (162,678)

This town, close to the Spanish border, has a distinctly southern feel and a lively street life. Most of its population is of Spanish origin, and there's also a large number of North Africans. Its heyday was in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries when the kings of Majorca held their court here. Unfortunately, in recent years, a relatively large percentage of the population has embraced the extreme right wing politics of Jean Marie Le Pen.

Nîmes (148 889)

This laid-back sunny city, close to the border with Provence, has the most extensive Roman remains in Europe. Les Arènes, the city's focal point, is the best-preserved Roman arena in the world, with seating capacity for 20,000 spectators. Once used for gladiators, today the summer crowds that flock to the arena are just as blood-thirsty, as it's the premier bull-fighting arena outside of Spain. Nîmes is also known for denim, which was first manufactured in the city's textile mills and in the nineteenth century exported to the southern USA to clothe the slaves. Modern Nîmes is now to tying to keep up with progressive neighbour Montpellier by recruiting a host of very fashionable architects and designers including Norman Foster, Jean Nouvel and Philippe Starck to instill it with a bit of architectural 'x' factor that's not 2000 years old.

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