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Béziers

American  
[bey-zyey] / beɪˈzjeɪ /

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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer — a group I now belong to,” said Mondabric, the Le Pen voter in Béziers.

From Washington Post Apr. 5, 2022

Once a self-proclaimed “world capital of wine” that supplied cheap but decent vintages, Béziers lost its wealth when it became a primary target of European efforts to limit overproduction of wine in the 1980s.

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

It was not until 1247 that Trencavel released the consuls of Béziers from their allegiance to him.--Mascaro,

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

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