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.

Composition
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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Béziers INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Béziers  Lodève  Montpellier3401 Agde553402 Béziers-15 + part of Béziers5 + part of Béziers3403 Béziers-22 + part of Béziers2 + part of Béziers3404 Béziers-38 + part of Béziers8 + part of Béziers3405 Cazouls-lès-Béziers28283406 Clermont-l'Hérault1723403414 Mèze126183421 Pézenas15153424 Saint-Pons-de-Thomières5959

Communes
The arrondissement of Béziers has 152 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

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