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):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: