Farébersviller

Farébersviller

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Farébersviller

Coordinates: 49°06′56″N 6°51′52″E / 49.1156°N 6.8644°E / 49.1156; 6.8644Coordinates: 49°06′56″N 6°51′52″E / 49.1156°N 6.8644°E / 49.1156; 6.8644
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton Freyming-Merlebach
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Laurent Kleinhentz
Area1 6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 6,020
 • Density 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 57207 / 57450
Elevation 219–321 m (719–1,053 ft)

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.

Farébersviller (Lorraine Franconian: Fareewerschwiller/Ewerschwiller; German: Pfarrebersweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It is located only 3 km from the German border.

Location

Farébersviller lies at the heart of the coalfield between 3 major cities that are Forbach Sarreguemines and Saint-Avold.

The municipality consists of 2 very different entities that are the village, the original place to the south and the city, created from 1954 by the Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine (HBL) to accommodate a large number of miners working in the Valley the Rosselle nearby.

Administration

Since 1989 the mayor of the municipality is Laurent Kleinhentz.

Démographie

Historical population of Farébersviller
(Source: INSEE[1])
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population8 4528 0017 7837 1226 8356 2796 020
From the year 1968 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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Cultural structures

Sports equipment

Personalities associated with the municipality

Twinnings

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Farébersviller on the INSEE website

External links

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