- Bettingen
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Bettingen
municipality_name = Bettingen
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = BettingenWappen.gif|pixel_coa=
languages = German
canton = Basel-Stadt
iso-code-region = CH-BS
district = n.a.
lat_d=47|lat_m=36|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=39|long_EW=E
postal_code = 4126
municipality_code = 2702
area = 2.23
elevation = 378|elevation_description=|highest=St. Chrischona |highest_m=522.19
population = 1173|populationof = December 2002 | popofyear = 2002
website = www.bettingen.ch
mayor = Willi Bertschmann-Unholz|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
mayor_title = |list_of_mayors =
places =
demonym =
neighboring_municipalities=Grenzach-Wyhlen (DE-BW),Inzlingen (DE-BW),Riehen
twintowns =Safien (Switzerland)|Bettingen is a municipality in the canton of
Basel-City inSwitzerland . There are 1173 people living in Bettingen.Bettingen is split into two settlements. "Dorf Bettingen" is an Alemannic settlement, located in a small basin. "Chrischonahöhe" is the other settlement, located around a St. Chrischona pilgrimage centre (established 1840) on one of the hills. As early as 1356 a church was built on the heights, dedicated to
Saint Chrischona . Since 1925 there have been a hospital and retirement homes in the area.A landmark for Bettingen, the
Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona communications tower is located on the Chrischonahöhe.External links
* [http://www.bettingen.ch Official website of Bettingen] de icon
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