Arrondissement of Béziers


The arrondissement of Béziers is an arrondissement of France in the Hérault department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 341 and its capital city is Béziers. It has 153 communes. Its population is 309,800, and its area is.
It is the southernmost of the arrondissements of the department. The main cities, with more than 6,000 inhabitants in 2012, in the arrondissement are Béziers, Agde, Pézenas, Sérignan and Bédarieux.

Geography

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 Gulf of Lion, to the south by the Aude department and to the west by the Tarn department.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Béziers are :
  1. Abeilhan
  2. Adissan
  3. Agde
  4. Agel
  5. Aigne
  6. Aigues-Vives
  7. Les Aires
  8. Alignan-du-Vent
  9. Assignan
  10. Aumes
  11. Autignac
  12. Avène
  13. Azillanet
  14. Babeau-Bouldoux
  15. Bassan
  16. Beaufort
  17. Bédarieux
  18. Berlou
  19. Bessan
  20. Béziers
  21. Boisset
  22. Boujan-sur-Libron
  23. Le Bousquet-d'Orb
  24. Brenas
  25. Cabrerolles
  26. Cambon-et-Salvergues
  27. Camplong
  28. Capestang
  29. Carlencas-et-Levas
  30. Cassagnoles
  31. Castanet-le-Haut
  32. Castelnau-de-Guers
  33. La Caunette
  34. Causses-et-Veyran
  35. Caussiniojouls
  36. Caux
  37. Cazedarnes
  38. Cazouls-d'Hérault
  39. Cazouls-lès-Béziers
  40. Cébazan
  41. Ceilhes-et-Rocozels
  42. Cers
  43. Cessenon-sur-Orb
  44. Cesseras
  45. Colombières-sur-Orb
  46. Colombiers
  47. Combes
  48. Corneilhan
  49. Coulobres
  50. Courniou
  51. Creissan
  52. Cruzy
  53. Dio-et-Valquières
  54. Espondeilhan
  55. Faugères
  56. Félines-Minervois
  57. Ferrals-les-Montagnes
  58. Ferrières-Poussarou
  59. Florensac
  60. Fos
  61. Fouzilhon
  62. Fraisse-sur-Agout
  63. Gabian
  64. Graissessac
  65. Hérépian
  66. Joncels
  67. Lamalou-les-Bains
  68. Laurens
  69. Lespignan
  70. Lézignan-la-Cèbe
  71. Lieuran-lès-Béziers
  72. Lignan-sur-Orb
  73. La Livinière
  74. Lunas
  75. Magalas
  76. Maraussan
  77. Margon
  78. Maureilhan
  79. Minerve
  80. Mons
  81. Montady
  82. Montagnac
  83. Montblanc
  84. Montels
  85. Montesquieu
  86. Montouliers
  87. Murviel-lès-Béziers
  88. Neffiès
  89. Nézignan-l'Évêque
  90. Nissan-lez-Enserune
  91. Nizas
  92. Olargues
  93. Olonzac
  94. Oupia
  95. Pailhès
  96. Pardailhan
  97. Pézenas
  98. Pézènes-les-Mines
  99. Pierrerue
  100. Pinet
  101. Poilhes
  102. Pomérols
  103. Portiragnes
  104. Le Poujol-sur-Orb
  105. Pouzolles
  106. Le Pradal
  107. Prades-sur-Vernazobre
  108. Prémian
  109. Puimisson
  110. Puissalicon
  111. Puisserguier
  112. Quarante
  113. Rieussec
  114. Riols
  115. Roquebrun
  116. Roquessels
  117. Rosis
  118. Roujan
  119. Saint-Chinian
  120. Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan
  121. Saint-Étienne-Estréchoux
  122. Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit
  123. Saint-Geniès-de-Varensal
  124. Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare
  125. Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
  126. Saint-Julien
  127. Saint-Martin-de-l'Arçon
  128. Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez
  129. Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens
  130. Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
  131. Saint-Thibéry
  132. Saint-Vincent-d'Olargues
  133. La Salvetat-sur-Agout
  134. Sauvian
  135. Sérignan
  136. Servian
  137. Siran
  138. Le Soulié
  139. Taussac-la-Billière
  140. Thézan-lès-Béziers
  141. Tourbes
  142. La Tour-sur-Orb
  143. Vailhan
  144. Valras-Plage
  145. Valros
  146. Vélieux
  147. Vendres
  148. Verreries-de-Moussans
  149. Vias
  150. Vieussan
  151. Villemagne-l'Argentière
  152. Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
  153. Villespassans

    History

The arrondissement of Béziers was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Hérault, it gained seven communes from the arrondissement of Lodève, and it lost five communes to the arrondissement of Lodève and one commune to the arrondissement of Montpellier.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Béziers were, as of January 2015:
  1. Agde
  2. Bédarieux
  3. Béziers-1
  4. Béziers-2
  5. Béziers-3
  6. Béziers-4
  7. Capestang
  8. Florensac
  9. Montagnac
  10. Murviel-lès-Béziers
  11. Olargues
  12. Olonzac
  13. Pézenas
  14. Roujan
  15. Saint-Chinian
  16. Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare
  17. Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
  18. La Salvetat-sur-Agout
  19. Servian