Culture Beziers

The Institut des Études Occitanes de l'Hérault develops and promotes the Occitan language and culture in the département. With some thirty affiliated associations, enabling it to be present in almost every canton of the Hérault, the IEO offers Occitan language courses for adults, introductions to the language in schools, and a wide range of cultural events such as conferences, cafés Òc, exhibitions, and traditional dance and theater workshops in Occitan. You'll also find a bookshop-boutique.

The Centre International de Recherche et de Documentation Occitanes is responsible for safeguarding, understanding and promoting Occitan culture. Its missions and services are organized around two physical sites: the Mediatèca in Béziers and the Etnopòle in Pau. The Béziers Mediatèca offers free access to cultural resources and activities for anyone wishing to study Occitan culture or practice the language.

For over 45 years, this voluntary association has been welcoming newcomers and providing them with information about the town. The AVF also offers sporting, cultural and leisure activities, as well as day outings to enable you to get to know each other and discover the town and its surroundings. Walks in Béziers, strolls along the Canal and excursions in the Béziers hinterland are also organized. Finally, at the end of each month, a "pot de l'amitié" is offered to encourage exchanges between members.

With the Mediabus, it is the library that comes to your meeting in the municipalities of the Béziers-Mediterranean region! The Médiabus are small mobile librarians in which you can learn about the André library and borrow books, BD, CD and DVD! This new service covers the inhabitants of Gannet, Béziers, Corneilhan, Espondeilhan, Lieuran-les-Béziers, Sauvian and Seaside-Plage with two new vehicles - one for the small, one for the big ones! - in the colours of Béziers-Méditerranée, parked on the villages or near schools.

Since September 13, 2008, it is now one of the city's pride… Out of land with a little delay compared to the original calendar - twenty months late! -the Biterrois will have waited for a total of eleven years between the launch of the project in 1997 and the inauguration of the building designed by the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Modern, the media library is certainly with pleasant spaces to discover the numerous publications - books, magazines, magazines, newspapers… - cds, CD-roms and DVD… Everything revolves around six poles: " science and society "," literature and languages "," training, research and heritage "," news "," childhood "," music, arts and cinema ". The rayonnages and bacs will delight the eyes of the most curious readers and the ears of the most demanding music lovers. It is possible for them to borrow twelve documents, including two Dvds, for four weeks, soon the return of the documents will be 24 h/24 thanks to a automate.

Founded in 1992, the Maison de la Vie associative aims to facilitate the life of associations in the city. It proposes a wide range of services ranging from the free provision of premises - with equipment, video in meeting rooms of 15 to 300 people - legal, financial and technical advice - aid for the creation of associations, making available to the Official Journal, the Lamy association… -, aid for organising events… c it is also this public service which is responsible for organising the associations forum in September, the Associations are taking the steps and publishing the directory of biterroises associations.

Opened since 1969, the Maison des jeunes et de la culture is, as its name does not indicate, open to all. Theatre, dance, music, video, computer science, graphic arts… BÉZIERS de Béziers offers a list of endless workshops for children, teens and adults. If your children stay in Béziers for the holidays, no problem! The DJC organizes activities for 6-16 years, with a leisure centre and internships on various themes. But this house also knows how to studious when necessary. During the year, a volunteer team provides school support to students from the EC 1 to the terminal. A bar - without alcohol, of course! -under the name Baobar, has even been opened to develop a health culture for children and young people from leisure activities.