Bettwiller

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Bettwiller
Bettwiller's coat of arms
Bettwiller (France)
Bettwiller
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Saverne
Canton Ingwiller
Community association Alsace Bossue
Coordinates 48 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 11'  E
height 248-351 m
surface 4.06 km 2
Residents 308 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 76 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67320
INSEE code

Bettwiller (German Bettweiler ) is a French commune with 308 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Saverne and the Canton of Ingwiller .

geography

The municipality of Bettwiller is located in Crooked Alsace , ten kilometers southeast of Sarre-Union .

Neighboring communities and places closest to Bettwiller are Rexingen in the north, Durstel in the east, Drulingen in the south, Weyer and Gungwiller in the south-west and Berg in the west.

history

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

Population development

year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 334 265 283 302 332 347 332 338 308

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , p. 313.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Zabern district