Bettviller

Bettviller
Coat of arms of Bettviller Coat of arms
Bettviller
Location within Lorraine region Bettviller
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Rohrbach-lès-Bitche
Intercommunality	Rohrbach-lès-Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Picard
Area1	18.41 km2 (7.11 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	838
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57074 / 57410
Elevation	252–376 m (827–1,234 ft) (avg. 305 m or 1,001 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.

Bettviller (German: Bettweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

It is mentioned for the first time in 1157, in the forms "Bedebur" and "Bedeviller" in 1496 (oratory). The current village was built in the 16th century.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	894	—
1800	811	−9.3%
1806	1,017	+25.4%
1821	1,230	+20.9%
1836	1,110	−9.8%
1841	1,086	−2.2%
1861	1,055	−2.9%
1866	1,072	+1.6%
1872	1,056	−1.5%
1876	1,035	−2.0%
1881	980	−5.3%
1886	936	−4.5%
1891	935	−0.1%
1896	932	−0.3%
1901	939	+0.8%
1906	951	+1.3%
1911	968	+1.8%
1921	972	+0.4%
1926	960	−1.2%
1931	963	+0.3%
1936	946	−1.8%
1946	868	−8.2%
1954	809	−6.8%
1962	814	+0.6%
1968	826	+1.5%
1975	752	−9.0%
1982	729	−3.1%
1990	697	−4.4%
1999	741	+6.3%
2006	841	+13.5%
2009	838	−0.4%

File:Bettviller.jpg

Bettviller, old postcard

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Bettviller