Its INSEE code is 341 and its capital city is Béziers.

[2] Its population is 321,879 (2021), and its area is 3,091.2 km2 (1,193.5 sq mi).

[4] 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 (Mediterranean Sea), to the south by the Aude department and to the west by the Tarn department.

[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 Béziers were, as of January 2015:[7]