Béziers
Béziers (French pronunciation: [be.zje]; Occitan: Besièrs) is a toun in Languedoc in soothren Fraunce.
Béziers | ||
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 St. Nazaire Cathedral an Pont Vieux | ||
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  Béziers Location within Occitanie region  Béziers | ||
| Coordinates: 43°20′51″N 3°13′08″E / 43.3476°N 3.219°ECoordinates: 43°20′51″N 3°13′08″E / 43.3476°N 3.219°E | ||
| Kintra | Fraunce | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Depairtment | Hérault | |
| Arrondissement | Béziers | |
| Intercommunality | Béziers Méditerranée | |
| Govrenment | ||
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Robert Ménard (FN) | |
| Area 1 | 95.48 km2 (36.87 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 72,970 | |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34032 /34500 | |
| Elevation | 4–120 m (13–394 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 ft) | |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | ||
Internaitional relationsEedit
Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain, stne 1993
Heilbronn, Germany, syne 1965
Stavropol, Roushie, syne 1982
Stockport, Greater Manchester, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1972
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Offeecial wabsteid o Béziers: "Villes jumelées avec Béziers". Accessed 2 December 2014 (in French)