Béziers

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#716

Global Rank

2.9

Power Score

Emerging Metro

% of Country Score

0.7%


Share

France • Europe • Language power • Time zone Europe/Paris UTC+1 (CET) (observes summer time)

Population
497K
GDP
N/A
GDP per capita
$0
Land area
4,334 km² (1,673 mi²)
Density
115/km² (297/mi²)

Primary city Béziers

State / province Occitanie

Language French

Béziers metro area

43.34, 3.22
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Sport

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions
World #1Top 5Outside top 5

Most similar metros

Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

2 teams

Other Teams

Other Men’s Teams2 teams

Rugby Union • Dom. Rugby Union

AS Béziers (rugby)

Béziers

Volleyball • Int'l Volleyball

Narbonne Volley

Narbonne

Defunct/Relocated Teams1 team

Rugby Union • Former Top 14

RC Narbonne

2 Top 14 titles
Against expectation how Béziers’s teams have done against the odds they went in with.
  • French top-flight clubs based here have fallen short of their pre-match odds by 1.9 match points across 34 club-matches since 1957.

How this is measured →

Championship History

13 titles

Every major championship won by a team while it represented Béziers, across all sports, newest first. 13 in total. Each links to the team and the competition's full honour roll.

AS Béziers
1984· 1984-05-26
Top 14
AS Béziers
1983· 1983-05-28
Top 14
AS Béziers
1981· 1981-05-23
Top 14
AS Béziers
1980· 1980-05-25
Top 14
RC Narbonne
1979· 1979-05-27
Top 14
AS Béziers
1978· 1978-05-28
Top 14
AS Béziers
1977· 1977-05-29
Top 14
AS Béziers
1975· 1975-05-18
Top 14
AS Béziers
1974· 1974-05-12
Top 14
AS Béziers
1972· 1972-05-21
Top 14
AS Béziers
1971· 1971-05-16
Top 14
AS Béziers
1961· 1961-05-28
Top 14

Languages of Béziers

French first in Occitanie; 1 languages hold a role.

RoleLanguage
De factoFrench
AdministrativeFrench
NationalFrench
English reach, Occitanie
39%
Tier 3 country

Occitanie on the languages board · Language power

Screen of Béziers

#356 by film pedigree · score 7.6 · 1 person in a century of top-grossing films and Oscar nominations · Full screen profile →

Leading figures: Jean-Claude Carrière

Art of Béziers

#233 for celebrated art · 1 canon work in its museums

The Art hub →

Leading museums: Musée de l'Éphèbe

1 notable artist born here, most in the 1800s: Pierre Auguste Cot

Notable Infrastructure

Airport1 entry

Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport

Béziers • 5 - Small

Luxury Hospitality

2 properties
3-Star Michelin1 entry

Auberge du Vieux Puits

Fontjoncouse

2-Star Michelin1 entry

La Table Lionel Giraud

Narbonne