<Tr> <Th> GNIS feature ID </Th> <Td> 1461834 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.montpelier-vt.org </Td> </Tr> <P> Montpelier / mɒntˈpiːliər / is the capital city of the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Washington County . As the site of Vermont's state government, it is the least - populous state capital in the United States . The population was 7,855 at the 2010 census . However, the daytime population swells to about 21,000, due to the large number of jobs within city limits . The Vermont College of Fine Arts and New England Culinary Institute are located in the municipality . It was named for Montpellier, in southern France . </P> <P> The first permanent settlement began in May 1787, when Colonel Jacob Davis and General Parley Davis arrived from Charlton, Massachusetts . General Davis surveyed the land, while Colonel Davis cleared forest and erected a large log house on the west side of the North Branch of the Winooski River . His family moved in the following winter . </P>

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