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Montpellier

Some games during the 2007 Rugby World Cup will be held in Montpellier, France.

About Montpellier

The city of Montpellier is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, located 7km from the Medditerranean. It is france's eighth largest city, in the middel of a boom time fueled by the region's high-tech industry.

Some of the things for a tourist to do in Montpellier, if not watching rugby, includes:

• a visit to the clsoest beach, which is Palavas-Les-Flots, about 15 minutes away.
• visit the recently re-opened Musee Fabre - one of France's oldest public mesums

Getting to Montpellier

It is only three hours by train (on the TGV super fast train).

Rugby Games

Some of the great matches of France 2007 will be these games to be played in Montpellier:

• USA v Repecharge 2 on Sept 12, 2007
• Samoa v Repecharge 2 on Sept 16, 2007
• Australia v Fiji on Sept 23, 2007
• South Africa v USA on Sept 30, 2007

More information

• more about the 2007 World Cup
• guide and map of France