Bettrechies

Bettrechies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Bettrechies
Commune
The town hall in Bettrechies
Coat of arms
Location of Bettrechies
Bettrechies Bettrechies
Coordinates: 50°19′31″N 3°44′41″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Aulnoye-Aymeries
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du pays de Mormal
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Michel Tahon
Area ^1	3.36 km^2 (1.30 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	252
• Density	75/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59077 /59570
Elevation	67–129 m (220–423 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
^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	220	—
1800	219	−0.5%
1806	251	+14.6%
1821	255	+1.6%
1831	304	+19.2%
1836	345	+13.5%
1841	348	+0.9%
1846	339	−2.6%
1851	337	−0.6%
1856	329	−2.4%
1861	335	+1.8%
1866	331	−1.2%
1872	336	+1.5%
1876	340	+1.2%
1881	362	+6.5%
1886	376	+3.9%
1891	378	+0.5%
1896	411	+8.7%
1901	418	+1.7%
1906	436	+4.3%
1911	413	−5.3%
1921	378	−8.5%
1926	358	−5.3%
1931	340	−5.0%
1936	339	−0.3%
1946	306	−9.7%
1954	279	−8.8%
1962	297	+6.5%
1968	270	−9.1%
1975	253	−6.3%
1982	286	+13.0%
1990	235	−17.8%
1999	246	+4.7%
2005	243	−1.2%
2006	243	+0.0%
2009	245	+0.8%
2010	247	+0.8%
2015	254	+2.8%

Heraldry

Arms of Bettrechies

The arms of Bettrechies are blazoned : Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

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