Renouvellement urbain de la Mosson is a long-term redevelopment programme for the Mosson district in western Montpellier, France. The municipal gazette describes work through 2030 across four areas: Sud Mosson, Les Halles, Saint-Paul and Les Hauts-de-Massane. Its objectives include improving housing and public spaces, expanding services and economic activity, and strengthening connections within the district and to the rest of the city.1
The programme is led by the City of Montpellier and Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, with ANRU, ACM Habitat and Altémed among the principal partners. Altémed brings together ACM Habitat, SERM and SA3M, and is a central operator in development, housing and energy projects. The gazette names Michaël Delafosse, mayor of Montpellier and president of the Métropole, as the project’s leading political representative; it does not give a single founding date for the renewal programme.1
The gazette’s headline figures are €500 million in financing, the demolition of 850 social-housing units and rehabilitation of 1,100 others. Planned and ongoing work also includes three school groups, the relocation of Altémed’s headquarters, a mixed national and municipal police station, renewed sports facilities, parks and green corridors, and improvements to public transport and cycling routes. Clinique Clémentville is planned to move to the district by 2029. The gazette also describes employment, health, cultural and community initiatives, including services at Espace Gisèle-Halimi.1
The project has a longer history: the gazette traces the original development of La Paillade to a ZUP launched in 1961, while the current renewal programme is presented as a later transformation extending to 2030. It identifies architect-urbanist Humbert David as responsible for the Mosson renovation project and founder of Passagers des Villes; the gazette does not identify one overall private developer.1