Béziers
Béziers (French pronunciation: [be.zje]; Occitan: Besièrs) is a toun in Languedoc in soothren Fraunce.
Béziers | |
|---|---|
 St. Nazaire Cathedral an Pont Vieux | |
 Coat airms | |
  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" Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2 December 2014 (in French)