Bétheny

Bétheny
Commune
The church and town hall in Bétheny
Coat of arms
Location of Bétheny
Bétheny Show map of France Bétheny Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 49°17′08″N 4°03′28″E / 49.2856°N 4.0578°E / 49.2856; 4.0578
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Reims-5
Intercommunality	CU Grand Reims
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Wanschoor[1]
Area ^1	19.9 km^2 (7.7 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,030
• Density	353/km^2 (915/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	51055 /51450
Elevation	101 m (331 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bétheny (French pronunciation: [betni]) is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 287 —     1800 343 +2.58% 1806 345 +0.10% 1821 407 +1.11% 1831 480 +1.66% 1836 526 +1.85% 1841 560 +1.26% 1846 602 +1.46% 1851 582 −0.67% 1856 629 +1.57% 1861 628 −0.03% 1866 594 −1.11% 1872 586 −0.23% 1876 680 +3.79% 1881 930 +6.46% 1886 1,009 +1.64% 1891 1,108 +1.89% 1896 1,137 +0.52%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,105 −0.57% 1906 1,227 +2.12% 1911 1,343 +1.82% 1921 779 −5.30% 1926 1,662 +16.36% 1931 1,696 +0.41% 1936 1,643 −0.63% 1946 1,224 −2.90% 1954 1,518 +2.73% 1962 2,482 +6.34% 1968 2,747 +1.71% 1975 4,651 +7.81% 1982 5,635 +2.78% 1990 6,487 +1.78% 1999 5,943 −0.97% 2007 6,322 +0.78% 2012 6,471 +0.47% 2017 6,971 +1.50%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

• Marie Drouet (1885-1963) died there

See also

• Communes of the Marne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bétheny, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE