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*:

### 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:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Hérault department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References