page_title: Bettingen
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Bettingen / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Blick auf Bettingen und Basel vom Fernsehturm St. ChrischonaEnglish: view from Television Tower St. Chrischona
context_page_description: Bettingen is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Bettingen has an area, as of 2009, of 2.23 square kilometers (0.86 sq mi).  Of this area, 0.76 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 34.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1 km² (0.39 sq mi) or 44.8% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi) or 18.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 14.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.2%.  Out of the forested land, 43.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 15.2% is used for growing crops and 14.8% is pastures, while 4.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
  The municipality is located in the agglomeration of Basel, on the right bank of the Rhine river and on the slopes of St. Chrischona.
  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.
caption: View of Bettingen (and Basel in the background) from the communications tower on St. Chrischona
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