Farébersviller
Farébersviller (Lorraine Franconian: Fareewerschwiller/Ewerschwiller; German: Pfarrebersweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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Location of Farébersviller 
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| Coordinates: 49°06′56″N 6°51′52″E | |
| 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 |
| Area 1 | 6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 5,541 |
| • Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
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
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 8 452 | 8 001 | 7 783 | 7 122 | 6 835 | 6 279 | 6 020 |
| 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
- Gennaro Bracigliano (1980- ), Goalkeeper at l'ASNL
Twinnings
See also
Notes and references
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Farébersviller on the INSEE website". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
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