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{{short description|Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Bétête
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Abbaye Prébenoît.jpg
|caption                = Abbey of Prébenoît
|arrondissement         = Aubusson
|canton                 = Boussac
|INSEE                  = 23022
|postal code            = 23270
|mayor                  = Martial Delcuze<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes Creuse Confluence|CC Creuse Confluence]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|46.3603|2.0783|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 380
|elevation min m        = 272
|elevation max m        = 430
|area km2               = 28.24
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Bétête''' ({{IPA|fr|betɛt}}; {{langx|oc|Beteste}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Creuse]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regions of France|region]] in central [[France]].
==Geography==
A [[farming]] area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some {{convert|15|mi|km}} northeast of [[Guéret]], at the junction of the D15, D83 and the D88. The [[Petite Creuse]] river forms most of the southern and western border of the commune.
==Population==
{{Historical populations
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|1962|666
|1968|668
|1975|651
|1982|638
|1990|525
|1999|427
|2008|359
}}
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==Sights==
* The church, dating from the twelfth century.
* The ruins of the [[medieval]] castle of Bétête.
* Two châteaux, of le Moisse and of Ecosse, both dating from the seventeenth century.
* The twelfth century [[abbey]] of Prébenoît, undergoing restoration.
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Creuse department]]
==References==
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{{Creuse communes}}
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[[Category:Communes of Creuse]]