Betz, Oise

Betz
Betz
Location within Picardy region Betz
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Senlis
Canton	Betz
Intercommunality	Pays de Valois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Colette Thellier
Area1	15.39 km2 (5.94 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	1,091
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	60069 / 60620
Elevation	87–140 m (285–459 ft) (avg. 103 m or 338 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Betz is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. The Moroccan King Mohammed VI owns a 71ha palace there, where he is said to employ much of the commune's population.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	321	—
1800	352	+9.7%
1806	379	+7.7%
1821	331	−12.7%
1831	640	+93.4%
1836	534	−16.6%
1841	492	−7.9%
1846	551	+12.0%
1851	606	+10.0%
1856	596	−1.7%
1861	590	−1.0%
1866	584	−1.0%
1872	541	−7.4%
1876	570	+5.4%
1881	581	+1.9%
1886	630	+8.4%
1891	638	+1.3%
1896	627	−1.7%
1901	598	−4.6%
1906	579	−3.2%
1911	601	+3.8%
1921	533	−11.3%
1926	628	+17.8%
1931	623	−0.8%
1936	618	−0.8%
1946	578	−6.5%
1954	529	−8.5%
1962	459	−13.2%
1968	457	−0.4%
1975	531	+16.2%
1982	640	+20.5%
1990	871	+36.1%
1999	937	+7.6%
2006	992	+5.9%
2009	1,072	+8.1%
2012	1,091	+1.8%

See also

• Communes of the Oise department

References

• INSEE commune file