Béziers

B?ziers (Besi?rs in Occitan) is a city in Languedoc, in the southwest of France. It is a commune and a sous-pr?fecture in the H?rault d?partment, with a population around 70,000, called Biterrois.

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The city is located on a small bluff above the river Orb, about 10km from the Mediterranean Sea. At B?ziers the Canal du Midi spans the river Orb as an aqueduct called the pont-canal ('bridge-canal').

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Languedoc: Languedoc (Lengad?c in Occitan) is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day r?gions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyr?n?es in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyr?n?es. It had an area of approximately 42,700 km² (16,490 sq. miles)....

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....