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The arrondissement of Béziers is an arrondissement of France in the Hérault department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 341 and its capital city is Béziers. It has 153 communes. Its population is 309,800 (2016), and its area is 3,091.2 km 2 (1,193.5 sq mi). It is the southernmost of the arrondissements of the department.
Béziers is a subprefecture of the Hérault department, the capital of the arrondissement of Béziers and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of three cantons: Béziers-1, Béziers-2 and Béziers-3. It is part of the intercommunality Béziers Méditerranée (French: Communauté d'agglomération Béziers Méditerranée).
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Béziers (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Besièrs) is a city in southern France. It is a subprefecture of the Hérault department in the Occitanie region. Every August Béziers hosts the famous Feria de Béziers, which is centred on bullfighting. A million visitors are attracted to the five-day event.
Béziers, city, Hérault département, Occitanie région, southern France, 9 miles (14 km) from the Mediterranean Sea, on a hilly site overlooking the Orb River where it is intersected by the Canal of the Midi, southwest of Montpellier. There are remains of an arena from the Roman colony Beterrae.
Nov 16, 2016 · 2. The Canal du Midi. Béziers is situated on the famous Canal du Midi – one of the greatest construction works of the 17 th century. The canal was conceived by the city’s very own Pierre-Paul Riquet, joining the Mediterranean and the Atlantic by linking several sections of navigable waterways.
