Bétheny

Bétheny is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.

Bétheny
Commune
The church and town hall in Bétheny
Location of Bétheny
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Coordinates: 49°17′08″N 4°03′28″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Reims-5
Intercommunality	CU Grand Reims
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Louis Cavenne
Area ^1	19.9 km^2 (7.7 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	6,971
• Density	350/km^2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	51055 /51450
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	287	—
1800	343	+19.5%
1806	345	+0.6%
1821	407	+18.0%
1831	480	+17.9%
1836	526	+9.6%
1841	560	+6.5%
1846	602	+7.5%
1851	582	−3.3%
1856	629	+8.1%
1861	628	−0.2%
1866	594	−5.4%
1872	586	−1.3%
1876	680	+16.0%
1881	930	+36.8%
1886	1,009	+8.5%
1891	1,108	+9.8%
1896	1,137	+2.6%
1901	1,105	−2.8%
1906	1,227	+11.0%
1911	1,343	+9.5%
1921	779	−42.0%
1926	1,662	+113.4%
1931	1,696	+2.0%
1936	1,643	−3.1%
1946	1,224	−25.5%
1954	1,518	+24.0%
1962	2,482	+63.5%
1968	2,747	+10.7%
1975	4,651	+69.3%
1982	5,635	+21.2%
1990	6,487	+15.1%
1999	5,943	−8.4%
2006	6,276	+5.6%
2007	6,322	+0.7%
2009	6,439	+1.9%

Personalities

• Marie Drouet (1885-1963) died there

See also

• Communes of the Marne department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.