Forbach

For other uses, see Forbach (disambiguation).

Forbach
Town centre
Forbach
Location within Lorraine region  Forbach
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Forbach
Canton	Forbach and Stiring-Wendel
Intercommunality	Forbach Porte de France
Mayor	Laurent Kalinowski (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	192–388 m (630–1,273 ft) (avg. 222 m/728 ft)
Land area1	16.32 km2 (6.30 sq mi)
Population2	22,807  (1999)
- Density	1,397 /km2 (3,620 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57227/ 57600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Forbach (French pronunciation: [fɔʁbak]) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

It is located near the German border. Population (1999): 22,784.

When travelling by train between Germany and France, the station in Forbach is where Customs procedures were performed until the Schengen treaty, and trains change from right-hand running (Germany) to left-hand running (France). Since 2007, the high speed train connecting Paris and Frankfurt has stopped in Forbach, allowing the French capital to be reached in 1 hour 45 minutes and the Main metropolis in 2 hours.

Notable people from Forbach

• Sophie Huber (born 1985), freestyle swimmer
• Patricia Kaas, singer from Stiring-Wendel (near Forbach)
• Jean-Nicolas Houchard (1740–1793), general, whose name appears on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
• Nicolas Appert (1749–1841) inventor
• Christian von Zweibrücken (1782–1859), general
• Helmut Fritz (born 1975), singer

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

Gallery

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  Town centre

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  Church

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  Train station

External links

• Town council website (French)