Arrondissement of Béziers

The **arrondissement of Béziers** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Hérault _département_ in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Béziers.

## History

When the Hérault department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Béziers was part of that original department.

## Geography

It is the southernmost and largest of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of . It has 312,443 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Béziers is bordered to the north by the Aveyron department and the _arrondissement_ of Lodève, to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Montpellier, to the east by the Mediterranean Sea, to the south by the Aude department and to the west by the Tarn department.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Béziers, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_; the other cantons are completely within the _arrondissement_. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3401|Agde|5|||**5**|
|3402|Béziers-1|5 + part of Béziers|||**5** + part of Béziers|
|3403|Béziers-2|2 + part of Béziers|||**2** + part of Béziers|
|3404|Béziers-3|8 + part of Béziers|||**8** + part of Béziers|
|3405|Cazouls-lès-Béziers|28|||**28**|
|3406|Clermont-l'Hérault|17|23||**40**|
|3414|Mèze|12||6|**18**|
|3421|Pézenas|15|||**15**|
|3424|Saint-Pons-de-Thomières|59|||**59**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Béziers has 152 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Abeilhan <small>(34001)</small>
1. Adissan <small>(34002)</small>
1. Agde <small>(34003)</small>
1. Agel <small>(34004)</small>
1. Aigne <small>(34006)</small>
1. Aigues-Vives <small>(34007)</small>
1. Alignan-du-Vent <small>(34009)</small>
1. Assignan <small>(34015)</small>
1. Aumes <small>(34017)</small>
1. Autignac <small>(34018)</small>
1. Azillanet <small>(34020)</small>
1. Babeau-Bouldoux <small>(34021)</small>
1. Bassan <small>(34025)</small>
1. Beaufort <small>(34026)</small>
1. Berlou <small>(34030)</small>
1. Bessan <small>(34031)</small>
1. Boisset <small>(34034)</small>
1. Boujan-sur-Libron <small>(34037)</small>
1. Bédarieux <small>(34028)</small>
1. Béziers <small>(34032)</small>
1. Cabrerolles <small>(34044)</small>
1. Cabrières <small>(34045)</small>
1. Cambon-et-Salvergues <small>(34046)</small>
1. Camplong <small>(34049)</small>
1. Capestang <small>(34052)</small>
1. Carlencas-et-Levas <small>(34053)</small>
1. Cassagnoles <small>(34054)</small>
1. Castanet-le-Haut <small>(34055)</small>
1. Castelnau-de-Guers <small>(34056)</small>
1. Causses-et-Veyran <small>(34061)</small>
1. Caussiniojouls <small>(34062)</small>
1. Caux <small>(34063)</small>
1. Cazedarnes <small>(34065)</small>
1. Cazouls-d'Hérault <small>(34068)</small>
1. Cazouls-lès-Béziers <small>(34069)</small>
1. Cers <small>(34073)</small>
1. Cessenon-sur-Orb <small>(34074)</small>
1. Cesseras <small>(34075)</small>
1. Colombiers <small>(34081)</small>
1. Colombières-sur-Orb <small>(34080)</small>
1. Combes <small>(34083)</small>
1. Corneilhan <small>(34084)</small>
1. Coulobres <small>(34085)</small>
1. Courniou <small>(34086)</small>
1. Creissan <small>(34089)</small>
1. Cruzy <small>(34092)</small>
1. Cébazan <small>(34070)</small>
1. Espondeilhan <small>(34094)</small>
1. Faugères <small>(34096)</small>
1. Ferrals-les-Montagnes <small>(34098)</small>
1. Ferrières-Poussarou <small>(34100)</small>
1. Florensac <small>(34101)</small>
1. Fontès <small>(34103)</small>
1. Fos <small>(34104)</small>
1. Fouzilhon <small>(34105)</small>
1. Fraisse-sur-Agout <small>(34107)</small>
1. Félines-Minervois <small>(34097)</small>
1. Gabian <small>(34109)</small>
1. Graissessac <small>(34117)</small>
1. Hérépian <small>(34119)</small>
1. La Caunette <small>(34059)</small>
1. La Livinière <small>(34141)</small>
1. La Salvetat-sur-Agout <small>(34293)</small>
1. La Tour-sur-Orb <small>(34312)</small>
1. Lamalou-les-Bains <small>(34126)</small>
1. Laurens <small>(34130)</small>
1. Le Poujol-sur-Orb <small>(34211)</small>
1. Le Pradal <small>(34216)</small>
1. Le Soulié <small>(34305)</small>
1. Les Aires <small>(34008)</small>
1. Lespignan <small>(34135)</small>
1. Lieuran-Cabrières <small>(34138)</small>
1. Lieuran-lès-Béziers <small>(34139)</small>
1. Lignan-sur-Orb <small>(34140)</small>
1. Lézignan-la-Cèbe <small>(34136)</small>
1. Magalas <small>(34147)</small>
1. Maraussan <small>(34148)</small>
1. Margon <small>(34149)</small>
1. Marseillan <small>(34150)</small>
1. Maureilhan <small>(34155)</small>
1. Minerve <small>(34158)</small>
1. Mons <small>(34160)</small>
1. Montady <small>(34161)</small>
1. Montagnac <small>(34162)</small>
1. Montblanc <small>(34166)</small>
1. Montels <small>(34167)</small>
1. Montesquieu <small>(34168)</small>
1. Montouliers <small>(34170)</small>
1. Murviel-lès-Béziers <small>(34178)</small>
1. Neffiès <small>(34181)</small>
1. Nissan-lez-Enserune <small>(34183)</small>
1. Nizas <small>(34184)</small>
1. Nézignan-l'Évêque <small>(34182)</small>
1. Olargues <small>(34187)</small>
1. Olonzac <small>(34189)</small>
1. Oupia <small>(34190)</small>
1. Pailhès <small>(34191)</small>
1. Pardailhan <small>(34193)</small>
1. Pierrerue <small>(34201)</small>
1. Pinet <small>(34203)</small>
1. Poilhes <small>(34206)</small>
1. Pomérols <small>(34207)</small>
1. Portiragnes <small>(34209)</small>
1. Pouzolles <small>(34214)</small>
1. Prades-sur-Vernazobre <small>(34218)</small>
1. Prémian <small>(34219)</small>
1. Puimisson <small>(34223)</small>
1. Puissalicon <small>(34224)</small>
1. Puisserguier <small>(34225)</small>
1. Péret <small>(34197)</small>
1. Pézenas <small>(34199)</small>
1. Pézènes-les-Mines <small>(34200)</small>
1. Quarante <small>(34226)</small>
1. Rieussec <small>(34228)</small>
1. Riols <small>(34229)</small>
1. Roquebrun <small>(34232)</small>
1. Roquessels <small>(34234)</small>
1. Rosis <small>(34235)</small>
1. Roujan <small>(34237)</small>
1. Saint-Chinian <small>(34245)</small>
1. Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit <small>(34258)</small>
1. Saint-Geniès-de-Varensal <small>(34257)</small>
1. Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare <small>(34260)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Minervois <small>(34269)</small>
1. Saint-Julien <small>(34271)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-l'Arçon <small>(34273)</small>
1. Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez <small>(34279)</small>
1. Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens <small>(34285)</small>
1. Saint-Pons-de-Thomières <small>(34284)</small>
1. Saint-Thibéry <small>(34289)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-d'Olargues <small>(34291)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-Estréchoux <small>(34252)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan <small>(34250)</small>
1. Sauvian <small>(34298)</small>
1. Servian <small>(34300)</small>
1. Siran <small>(34302)</small>
1. Sérignan <small>(34299)</small>
1. Taussac-la-Billière <small>(34308)</small>
1. Thézan-lès-Béziers <small>(34310)</small>
1. Tourbes <small>(34311)</small>
1. Usclas-d'Hérault <small>(34315)</small>
1. Vailhan <small>(34319)</small>
1. Valras-Plage <small>(34324)</small>
1. Valros <small>(34325)</small>
1. Vendres <small>(34329)</small>
1. Verreries-de-Moussans <small>(34331)</small>
1. Vias <small>(34332)</small>
1. Vieussan <small>(34334)</small>
1. Villemagne-l'Argentière <small>(34335)</small>
1. Villeneuve-lès-Béziers <small>(34336)</small>
1. Villespassans <small>(34339)</small>
1. Vélieux <small>(34326)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|34032|Béziers|75,701|Béziers-1, Béziers-2 and Béziers-3|Communauté d'agglomération Béziers Méditerranée|
|34003|Agde|26,111|Agde|Communauté d'agglomération Hérault Méditerranée|
|34199|Pézenas|8,200|Pézenas|Communauté d'agglomération Hérault Méditerranée|
|34150|Marseillan|7,790|Agde|Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau|
|34299|Sérignan|7,014|Béziers-1|Communauté d'agglomération Béziers Méditerranée|
|34028|Bédarieux|6,108|Clermont-l'Hérault|Grand Orb en Languedoc|
|34332|Vias|5,531|Agde|Communauté d'agglomération Hérault Méditerranée|
|34298|Sauvian|5,042|Béziers-3|Communauté d'agglomération Béziers Méditerranée|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Hérault department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Béziers
- **insee**: 341
- **nbcomm**: 153
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Béziers
- **area**: 3091.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Béziers 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie