Farébersviller

Commune in Grand Est, France

(2020–2026) Laurent Kleinhentz^[1]Area6.88 km² (2.66 sq mi)Population5,316 • Density770/km² (2,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation219–321 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.

Farébersviller (French pronunciation: [faʁebɛʁsvilɛʁ]; 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.

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,001	—
1975	7,783	−0.39%
1982	7,122	−1.26%
1990	6,835	−0.51%
1999	6,876	+0.07%
2007	5,983	−1.72%
2012	5,692	−0.99%
2017	5,541	−0.54%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sites and monuments

Religious Buildings

• The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
• The church of Sainte-Thérèse
• The chapel of Saint-Antoine
• El-Hijra Mosque with minaret

Cultural structures

• Good Fountain Square and the local art house in the village
• Social Center St-Exupery
• Center François Rabelais

Sports equipment

• Complex Marcel Cerdan
• COSEC
• Small Gym
• Tennis Stadium
• Soccer Stadium
• Archery

Personalities associated with the municipality

• Gennaro Bracigliano (1980- ), Goalkeeper at l'ASNL

Twinnings

•  Italy Mercato San Severino - Italy

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

Notes and references

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