Bettelainville

Bettelainville
region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Metzervisse
Community association	Arc Mosellan
Coordinates	49 ° 14 ′  N , 6 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′  N , 6 ° 18 ′  E
height	198-301 m
surface	13.71 km 2
Residents	625 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	57640
INSEE code	57072
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Bettelainville ( German Bettsdorf ) is a French commune with 625 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).

geography

The municipality of Bettelainville is located on a ridge above the Canner valley , about 18 kilometers northeast of Metz .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1179 as Bethesdorf . The place has belonged to France since 1661 and was then still called Betstroff .

The two neighboring villages of Altroff ( Altdorf ) and Mancy ( Menchen ) have been incorporated since 1811 .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	394	348	393	511	513	598	608

traffic

Bettelainville is located on the Metz – Anzeling and Merzig – Bettelainville railway lines , both of which are largely closed .

Web links

Commons : Bettelainville  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Burkhard Dietz, Helmut Gabel, Ulrich Tiedau: Reach for the West: The "West Research" of the ethnic-national sciences on northwestern Europe (1919-1960) (= studies on the history and culture of northwestern Europe 6). Waxmann, Münster et al., 2003, ISBN 3-8309-1144-0 .