Forbach
Encyclopedia
Forbach is a commune
in the Moselle
department in Lorraine
in north-eastern France
.
It is located near the German
border. Population (1999): 22,784.
When travelling by train between Germany and France, the station in Forbach is where Customs procedures were performed until the Schengen treaty, and trains change from right-hand running (Germany) to left-hand running (France). Since 2007, the high speed train connecting Paris
and Frankfurt
has stopped in Forbach, allowing the French capital to be reached in 1 hour 45 minutes and the Main metropolis in 2 hours.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Moselle
Moselle
Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle.- History :Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
It is located near the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
border. Population (1999): 22,784.
When travelling by train between Germany and France, the station in Forbach is where Customs procedures were performed until the Schengen treaty, and trains change from right-hand running (Germany) to left-hand running (France). Since 2007, the high speed train connecting Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
has stopped in Forbach, allowing the French capital to be reached in 1 hour 45 minutes and the Main metropolis in 2 hours.
Notable people from Forbach
- Sophie HuberSophie HuberSophie Huber is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.- References :*...
(born 1985), freestyle swimmer - Patricia KaasPatricia KaasPatricia Kaas is a French singer and actress.Kaas is a very successful French-speaking singer, with an International following...
, singer from Stiring-WendelStiring-WendelStiring-Wendel is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.-History:Founded in 1846 at the site of the present Stiring-Wendel ironworks...
(near Forbach) - Jean-Nicolas HouchardJean Nicolas HouchardJean Nicolas Houchard was a French General of the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars.-Biography:...
(1740–1793), general, whose name appears on the Arc de TriompheArc de Triomphe-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
in Paris - Nicolas AppertNicolas AppertNicolas Appert , was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of canning", was a confectioner.-Biography:...
(1749–1841) inventor - Christian von Zweibrücken (1782–1859), general
- Helmut FritzHelmut FritzHelmut Fritz is the stage name of French singer Éric Greff, who was born in 1975 in Forbach, France and who grew up in Béning-lès-Saint-Avold in the Moselle département. Greff is known for his 2009 single "Ça m'énerve" , in which he portrays a German dandy living in Paris...
(born 1975), singer