Pézenas
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Place details
- Locality
- Pézenas
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 8,647
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Pézenas
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Pézenas, Hérault 01.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A general view of Pézenas
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Pézenas (Hérault).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Béziers
- French commune.canton
- Pézenas
- French commune.INSEE
- 34199
- French commune.postal code
- 34120
- French commune.mayor
- Armand Rivière
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Hérault Méditerranée
- French commune.elevation m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Pézenas
- Demonym
- Piscénois
- Country
- France
- Population
- +7797
- Area
- +29.56
- Elevation
- +33
- Shares border with
- Tourbes
- Official website
- www.ville-pezenas.fr
- Image
- Cours Jean Jaures in Pezenas.jpg
Article
15 sectionsContents
- Name
- Origins
- Population
- Sights
- Transport
- Climate
- Personalities
- Local specialities
- Le petit pâté de Pézenas
- Le Poulain de Pézenas
- International relations
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pézenas (; Languedocien: Pesenàs) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
==Name== The name "Pézenas" is derived from the older name Piscenae, probably from the Latin word piscenis, meaning fishpond. According to legend, there was a lake full of fish behind the château. Inhabitants of Pézenas are Piscenois.