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4 unusual facts about Pézenas


Éric Dubus

Éric Dubus (born 28 February 1966 in Pézenas, Hérault) is a former French middle distance runner, who became European Indoor Champion over 3.000m in 1990, and was the silver medalist over 3.000m at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Illustre Théâtre

The theatre in Pézenas is called Illustre Théâtre, in homage to Molière who crossed the Languedoc between 1647 and 1657, and stayed in Pézenas in 1650-1651, during the Estates of Languedoc.

Jean Baptiste Massillon

At the age of eighteen he joined the French Oratory and taught for a time in the colleges of his congregation at Pézenas, and Montbrison and at the Seminary of Vienne.

Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Louis Paulhan, born 1883 in Pézenas died1963 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French aviation pioneer;


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Cirque de Navacelles

With the 2004 completion of the Millau Viaduct and the A75 motorway linking Clermont-Ferrand and Pézenas, tourism of the region that includes Cirque de Navacelles has increased.


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