Farébersviller

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

Farébersviller
Commune
The church in Farébersviller
Coat of arms
Location of Farébersviller
Farébersviller
Farébersviller
Coordinates: 49°06′56″N 6°51′52″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementForbach-Boulay-Moselle
CantonFreyming-Merlebach
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Laurent Kleinhentz
Area
1
6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
5,541
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57207 /57450
Elevation219–321 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.

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 of Farébersviller
(Source: INSEE[2])
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.

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

Twinnings
gollark: There is precedent for unclaimed stuff being free; may have been overturned though.
gollark: Furnaces are basically free. Also claim stuff.
gollark: Homophobia is the noun.
gollark: Discrimination is just treating someone differently to someone else.
gollark: Nope!

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Farébersviller on the INSEE website". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2009-03-04.


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