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Béziers

American  
[bey-zyey] / beɪˈzyeɪ /

noun

  1. a city in S France, SW of Montpellier.


Béziers British  
/ bezje /

noun

  1. a city in S France: scene of a massacre (1209) during the Albigensian Crusade. It is a centre of the wine trade. Pop: 69 153 (1999)

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Rising costs have become a dominant theme on the streets of Béziers and other French cities.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

“Despite everything that’s going on, he’s in control,” said Safia Lahmel, a 58-year-old woman in Béziers who said she is likely to vote for Macron.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

The mayor of Béziers, Robert Ménard, is politically close to Marine Le Pen - and is friends with both her and Zemmour.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2021

It was organized by a Catholic activist group and held in Béziers, a southern town whose famously provocative mayor, Robert Ménard, warmly welcomed the attendees.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2017

For Béziers was and had always been a hot-bed of heretics.

From Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 by Rose, Elise Whitlock