Map of Sète, France

Sète is a city in Occitanie, France, with a population of about 40,736. It lies at 43.4028°N, 3.6928°E, about 5 m above sea level. Sète is about 615 km (382 mi) south of Paris, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Montpellier, 27 km to the northeast.

Sète at a glance

Where is Sète?

• The 13th largest city in Occitanie on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 57 min on the shortest day to 15 h 25 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Sète

• Montpellier — 27 km northeast
• Béziers — 39 km west
• Narbonne — 61 km southwest
• Nîmes — 72 km northeast
• Arles — 81 km east
• Alès — 86 km north
• Perpignan — 102 km southwest
• Istres — 105 km east
• Avignon — 108 km northeast
• Carcassonne — 111 km west

Largest cities in Occitanie

• Toulouse — 511,684
• Montpellier — 248,252
• Nîmes — 148,236
• Perpignan — 110,706
• Béziers — 74,081
• Montauban — 52,434
• Albi — 52,409
• Tarbes — 52,106
• Narbonne — 50,776
• Carcassonne — 49,600

Largest cities in France

• Paris — 2,138,551
• Marseille — 877,215
• Lyon — 520,774
• Toulouse — 511,684
• Nice — 342,669
• Nantes — 325,070
• Marne La Vallée — 318,325
• Strasbourg — 274,845
• Bordeaux — 265,328
• Montpellier — 248,252

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.