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Montagny
Montagny (from Latin Montaniacum, estate of Montanius) names several communes in France and Switzerland: Montagny FR with its 1146 castle and Roman aqueduct, Montagny-près-Yverdon VD, Montagny-Chancy GE, and French villages near Lyon, Beaune, and the Chalonnais wine area.
Montalcino
Montalcino is a hill town in Siena province, Tuscany, in the Val d'Orcia, famous for Brunello di Montalcino DOCG wine, its 1361 Sienese fortress, and UNESCO-listed landscape.
Montalieu
Montalieu usually means Montalieu-Vercieu, a commune in Isère, France, on the Rhône; a historic quarrying and Vicat cement center known as 'le pays de la pierre', with the Vallée Bleue leisure base and Maison de la Pierre et du Ciment.
Montauban
Montauban, prefecture of Tarn-et-Garonne in Occitanie, France; a 1144 bastide on the Tarn, former Huguenot stronghold besieged in 1621, home of the Ingres Bourdelle Museum, population 62,945 in 2023.
Montego Bay
Montego Bay (Mobay), Jamaica's second city in St. James parish on the northwest coast, is the island's tourism capital, home to Sangster International Airport, Sam Sharpe Square, and a major cruise port.
Montepulciano
Montepulciano is a Tuscan hill town in the Province of Siena, on the ridge between Val d'Orcia and Valdichiana, known for Piazza Grande, Michelozzo's Palazzo Comunale, San Biagio, and Vino Nobile DOCG wine.
Monterey Park, California
Monterey Park, California: San Gabriel Valley city eight miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the 'first suburban Chinatown' and first majority-Asian U.S. city (1990). 57,457 residents (2025), 64.8% Asian; transformed by Chinese immigration since the 1970s.
Monterey, California
Monterey, California: coastal city founded by Spain in 1770 by Portola and Serra; capital of California under Spanish and Mexican rule; site of the 1827 Old Custom House, Sloat's 1846 flag raising, Cannery Row, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Monterrey
Monterrey, capital of Nuevo León, Mexico, and core of a ~6.1-million-person metropolitan area; 1,142,994 municipal residents (2020), industrial and trade hub, 2026 World Cup host city with expanding Metro lines 4 and 6.
Montevideo
Montevideo, capital of Uruguay on the Río de la Plata, founded 1724-1730, Mercosur's administrative seat, about 1.3 million people on 528 km2, main port, and top-ranked Latin American city for quality of living.
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama: state capital and Montgomery County seat on the Alabama River, incorporated 1819, first Confederate capital, site of the 1955-56 bus boycott and 1965 Selma march terminus; population about 195,000, mayor Steven L. Reed.
Montmirat
Montmirat is the name of a commune in the Gard department of southern France, west of Nîmes, and of a former silver-lead mine and mountain pass in neighboring Lozère.
Montoulieu-Saint-Bernard
Montoulieu-Saint-Bernard, a commune of about 230 people in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, near Aurignac; INSEE 31386. Known for Gallo-Roman baths at Pélet, discovered in 1957, classified monument historique in 1960.
Montpelier, Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont: capital of Vermont since 1805 and the smallest U.S. state capital, with about 8,000 residents at the confluence of the Winooski and North Branch rivers, site of the gold-domed Vermont State House and the July 2023 flood.
Montpellier
Montpellier, Occitanie, France: seventh-largest French city (307,101 inhabitants), medieval university city with Europe's oldest operating medical school (1220), 80,000 students, free resident public transport since 2023, five tram lines.
Montreal
Montreal (Montréal) is a major Quebec metropolis founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie. It is the largest francophone city in the Americas and is not the world's second-largest French-speaking city.
Montreuil-Bellay
Montreuil-Bellay, a commune in Maine-et-Loire, France, on the Thouet: château founded by Foulques Nerra around 1025, Prieuré des Nobis (1097), collégiale Notre-Dame, Roman coin hoard, and a WWII internment camp.
Montreux
Montreux, Vaud commune on the eastern shore of Lake Geneva in the Swiss Riviera; 28,052 residents (2025), formed 1962 by merger, home of the Montreux Jazz Festival and the 2M2C convention centre.
Montrodat
Montrodat (originally Montroca, Monte Rocato) is a Lozère commune near Marvejols, France; a viscountal domain and one of the twelve seigneuries of Gévaudan, first mentioned in 1091, with a Romanesque castle chapel and the Poujoulat dolmens.
Montrose, Colorado
Montrose, Colorado: home rule city and county seat of Montrose County on the Western Slope, founded 1882 as a railroad supply town, agricultural center after the 1909 Gunnison Tunnel, gateway to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, population about 21,600.
Montverdun
Montverdun, Loire commune in the plaine du Forez, France, with a priory founded around 1010 on a basaltic pic, Neolithic to Gallo-Roman archaeology, and a site in Honoré d'Urfé's Astrée.
Monza
Monza (Modoetia, Modicia) is a Lombardy city near Milan, capital of Monza e Brianza, founded around Theodolinda's basilica, a medieval commune from 1174, home to the Villa Reale, its park, and the Autodromo Nazionale racetrack.
Mooresville, North Carolina
Mooresville, North Carolina: Iredell County town founded in 1873 along the AT&O Railroad, once a cotton-mill center, now Race City USA with 60+ NASCAR teams, Lowe's headquarters, and a 2025 population estimate of 55,842.
Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw is Saskatchewan's fourth largest city, at the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 2 junction about 68 km from Regina. Known for 15 Wing air training, the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, and the 'Canada's Most Notorious City' brand.
Mopti (city)
Mopti, regional capital in central Mali on the Niger River in the inland delta; founded 1893 as a French post, Great Mosque built 1908; major displacement hub hit by the April 2026 JNIM-FLA offensive.
Moradabad (मुरादाबाद)
Moradabad (मुरादाबाद), the Peetal Nagri or Brass City, is a city and divisional headquarters in western Uttar Pradesh, India, on the Ramganga river, famed for its brassware export industry and environmental challenges.
Morecambe
Morecambe, Lancashire seaside resort on Morecambe Bay including Heysham port; boomed late 19th to mid-20th century, declined by the 1970s, and is regenerating around the Eden Project Morecambe attraction.
Morelia
Morelia, formerly Valladolid, is the capital of Michoacán, Mexico, founded May 18, 1541 by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza; renamed 1828 for José María Morelos; UNESCO World Heritage historic centre since 1991.
Moreno Valley, California
Moreno Valley is a city in Riverside County, California, incorporated in 1984 from three rural communities and home to about 208,634 people as of the 2020 Census.
Morgantown, West Virginia
Morgantown, West Virginia: county seat of Monongalia County on the Monongahela River, home of West Virginia University; 30,347 residents in 2020, the state's third-largest city, founded as Morgan's Town in 1785.