Bettviller

Bettviller

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Bettviller

Coordinates: 49°04′47″N 7°17′09″E / 49.0797°N 7.2858°ECoordinates: 49°04′47″N 7°17′09″E / 49.0797°N 7.2858°E
Country France
Region 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 is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-astern 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
YearPop.±%
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%
Bettviller, old postcard

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