What is Béziers?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Béziers |commune status = [[Prefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = 1 Béziers 2016.jpg |image coat of arms = Blason Béziers.svg |caption = Aerial view of Béziers |arrondissement = Béziers |canton = [[Canton of Béziers-1|Béziers-1]]<br />[[Canton of Béziers-2|Béziers-2]]<br />[[Canton of Béziers-3|Béziers-3]] |INSEE = 34032 |postal code = 34500 |population_demonym = Biterrois |mayor = Robert Ménard<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Ville de Béziers |title=Annuaire des élus |url=http://www.ville-beziers.fr/votre-mairie/les-elus/ |language=fr |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=8 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208232108/http://www.ville-beziers.fr/votre-mairie/les-elus/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |party = |term = 2014&ndash;2020 |intercommunality = Béziers Méditerranée |coordinates = {{coord|43.3476|3.219|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 17 |elevation min m = 4 |elevation max m = 120 |area km2 = 95.48 |population = 75701 |population date = 2014 |website = [http://www.ville-beziers.fr/ www.ville-beziers.fr] }} '''Béziers''' ({{lang-oc|Besièrs}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Hérault]] [[Departments of France|département]] in the [[Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southern [[France]]. It is a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the department and also the [[Capital city|capital]] of the ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]]'' of the same name. Béziers is one of the oldest cities in France. Research shows that Béziers was built by [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] in the 6th century [[BC]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Ludovic Trabuchet |url=http://www.midilibre.fr/2013/03/11/beziers-la-grecque-des-fouilles-au-livre,658082.php |title=Des révélations sur le passé grec de Béziers |publisher=Midilibre.fr |languag