Bettens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Bettens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.75 square kilometers (1.45 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.46 km2 (0.18 sq mi) or 12.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, an annulet counterchanged.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (311 or 94.2%), with German being second most common (14 or 4.2%) and Italian being third (4 or 1.2%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bettens is; 46 children or 13.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 61 teenagers or 17.6% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.2% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 98 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.0%.

[9] There were 177 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 19, of which 17 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 66.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 16.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 16.7% were technical professionals or scientists.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 82 or 24.8% were Roman Catholic, while 188 or 57.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.