Bettlach (Haut-Rhin)

Bed laugh
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Altkirch
Canton	Altkirch
Community association	Sundgau
Coordinates	47 ° 31 ' N , 7 ° 25' E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 ' N , 7 ° 25' E
height	399-530 m
surface	4.09 km 2
Residents	311 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	76 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68480
INSEE code	68034
Website	http://www.bettlach.fr
	; Town hall and school

Bettlach is a French commune with 311 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ). The place is located in the canton of Altkirch in the Altkirch arrondissement .

The community is a member of the Sundgau community association .

history

In the Middle Ages, numerous male and female monasteries in Bettlach had basic rights, such as the Klingental and St. Alban monasteries in Basel.

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Bettlach belonged as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine to the German Empire and was assigned to the Altkirch district in the Upper Alsace district .

Population development

1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
220	178	194	223	233	247	288	326	311

economy

The most important line of business is agriculture ; small businesses are also available. In the 19th century there was a hammer forge , a brickworks and several house weaving mills in the village .