Betten is a former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[3] The former municipality is located in the Östlich-Raron district, on a south facing terrace at an elevation of 1,200 m (3,900 ft).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Tierced per mantle, Or a Fish sautant Azure above a base wavy Azure, in dexter Gules issuant from a base invected a Tree Vert trunked Proper, in sinister Azure issuant from a base invected a Chapel Argent roofed, doored and windowed Sable.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (433 or 96.4%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (5 or 1.1%) and French is the third (4 or 0.9%).

[3] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][8] The entire hamlet of Eggen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[9] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 67.27% of the vote.

[11] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 147 votes were cast, of which 3 or about 2.0% were invalid.

[3] There were 266 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 50 or 18.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 76 or 27.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 120 or 44.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 1.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 0.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 0.7% were in education and 3 or 1.1% were in health care.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 378 or 84.2% were Roman Catholic, while 24 or 5.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The education system in the Canton of Valais allows young children to attend one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten.

All the lower and upper secondary students from Betten attend their school in a neighboring municipality.