Farébersviller

Farébersviller
Commune
The church in Farébersviller
Coat of arms
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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
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Kleinhentz[1]
Area 1	6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	5,509
• Density	800/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.

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.

Demography[]

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[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Farébersviller.

• Site de la mairie
• Farébersviller on the Institut géographique national website^{[dead link]}