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Celleneuve (''Cèlanòva'' in Occitan) is a part of ''Mosson'' neighbourhood, in the West of the city of Montpellier, Hérault, France. The place name can be translated as ''new cellar''. It first appeared in Aniane's cartulary, written in 799, where it is mentioned that Benedict of Aniane (c. 747-821) created a priory, called ''Cella nova'' on the soil of Juvignac, even before the city of Montpellier was founded (first mentioned in a document of 985). Equipments * ''Maison pour tous Marie Curie'' * Caisse d'allocations familiales * ''Parc Dioscorides'' * ''Esplanade Léo Malet'' People from Celleneuve: * Abbé Fabre (1727–1783), a prior of Celleneuve, writer of Occitan literature, whose ''Sermoun de moussu sistre'', delivered by a drunken priest against intemperance, is a masterpiece. * Léo Malet (1909-1996), a crime novelist and the creator of fiction character Nestor Burma.
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