Bettviller

Bettviller
Bettviller
Commune
	A depiction of Bettviller in 1904
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bettviller
	Bettviller Bettviller
	Coordinates: 49°04′47″N 7°17′09″E / 49.0797°N 7.2858°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Bitche
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Picard
Area 1	18.41 km2 (7.11 sq mi)
Population (2021)	814
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Bettviller (German: Bettweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche. It is mentioned for the first time in 1157, in the forms "Bedebur" and "Bedeviller" in 1496 (oratory). The present 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%