Bettviller

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Coordinates: 49°04′47″N 7°17′09″E / 49.0797°N 7.2858°E / 49.0797; 7.2858

Commune of Bettviller

Location
Bettviller is located in France
Bettviller
Administration
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarreguemines
Canton Rohrbach-lès-Bitche
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Rohrbach-lès-Bitche
Mayor Jean-Claude Picard
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 252–376 m (830–1,230 ft)
(avg. 305 m/1,000 ft)
Land area1 18.41 km2 (7.11 sq mi)
Population2 743  (1999)
 - Density 40 /km2 (100 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 57074/ 57410
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Bettviller, old postcard

Bettviller 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 XVIe century.

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