Montpellier Travel Forum

I am trying to find a house to rent long-term near Montpellier but discovered that there are often a lot of floods in certain areas and that the weather changes from village to village (St Martin de Londres always gets snow).

Can anyone please give me some advice as to which areas do get flooding each year?
Can anyone advise me on which areas are good to live in (for example: less traffic jams to get to city centre)?

OK, I'll answer this. I think the lack of responses after 1 month is because people are confused by your message.

I live about 20 km from St Martin de Londres. Last snow was in 2002 and lasted 1 day. More regular snowfall occurs in the Cevennes on high ground. So, avoid living on high ground in the mountains ?

I also live quite close to one of the worst areas for flooding. Last flood was also in 2002. Languedoc rain is rare, but can be very heavy. Floods normally occur in autumn. The flood is normally caused by heavy rain in the mountains : exactly where decides which valley floods. So, don't live on low ground by a river ?

Some links with more info about weather in Languedoc :

http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/languedoc/languedoc-weather.htm
http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/languedoc/languedoc-weather-now.htm
http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/languedoc/languedoc-weather-history.htm
http://the-languedoc-page.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=971

Traffic is heavy in peak periods around Montpellier. The centre is either a pedestrian area, no entry or a one way street. With expensive parking ! The best solution is to park on the outskirts and take a tram.

There are too many to list, but some of the more popular villages close to Montpellier are Lattes, Perols, Carnon/Palavas (on coast but busy in summer, empty in winter), Mauguio, Castries, Sussargues, Baillargues, Le Cres, Vendargues, Teyran, Jacou, Assas, Prades les Lez, Montferrier, St Clements, Saint Gely, Combaillaux, Pignan, Fabregues, Maguelone. A few villages that are further out, but have fast road access are : Sete, Pignan, Pezenas, Gignac, Lodeve, Quissac, Sommieres, Lunel, Grande Motte, Le Roi de Grau.

Articles about Languedoc villages : http://the-languedoc-page.com/articles/languedoc-articles01m.htm
Town & Village websites : http://the-languedoc-page.com/property/town-websites.htm
Photos of the area : http://the-languedoc-page.com/photos/languedoc-photo-index.htm


So, some more research for you !

Bonne chance

Peter

Hmmm .........

We had some snow this morning !

Pretty well all melted by this afternoon.

Peter

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