BESOUL, an arrondissement of the department of the Upper Saone, in France, containing ten cantons, 239 communes, with 106,670 inhabitants, and extending over 905 square miles. The chief city, of the same name, is situated near the river Drigeon, and contains 915 houses, with 5376 inhabitants. Long. 5. 4. E. Lat. 47. 37. N.