The arrondissement of Béthune is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region.

[2] Its population is 292,114 (2021), and its area is 707.4 km2 (273.1 sq mi).

[3] The communes of the arrondissement of Béthune, and their INSEE codes, are:[2] The arrondissement of Béthune was created in 1800.

[6] 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 Béthune were, as of January 2015:[7]