Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers | |
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Canal du Midi | |
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Location of Villeneuve-lès-Béziers | |
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers Villeneuve-lès-Béziers | |
| Coordinates: 43°18′56″N 3°16′52″E / 43.3156°N 3.2811°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Béziers-3 |
| Intercommunality | CA Béziers Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Fabrice Solans[1] |
Area 1 | 17.31 km2 (6.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,500 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34336 /34420 |
| Elevation | 2–51 m (6.6–167.3 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers (French pronunciation: [vilnœv lɛ bezje]; Occitan: Vilanòva de Besièrs) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
History
The village of Villeneuve was built on uncultivated land which was part of the property given by Emperor Charlemagne before 896, to a man named Valchaire who first built some buildings and a church, and who little by little, by the addition of other buildings formed a new town, hence the etymology of Villeneuve.
Heraldry
| Sable, with a saltire lozengy argent and vert.
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,315 | — |
| 1975 | 2,502 | +1.12% |
| 1982 | 2,546 | +0.25% |
| 1990 | 2,972 | +1.95% |
| 1999 | 3,434 | +1.62% |
| 2007 | 3,699 | +0.93% |
| 2012 | 4,149 | +2.32% |
| 2017 | 4,207 | +0.28% |
| 2023 | 4,500 | +1.13% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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