Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France is the ''
communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Forbach
Forbach ( , , ; gsw, Fuerboch) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est.
It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it const ...
. It is located in the
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
, in the
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
, northeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. Created in 2003, its seat is in Forbach.
[CA de Forbach Porte de France (N° SIREN : 245700372)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 8 November 2022. Its area is 139.1 km
2. Its population was 76,764 in 2019, of which 21,597 in Forbach proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 21 communes:
# Alsting
#Behren-lès-Forbach
Behren-lès-Forbach (, literally ''Behren near Forbach''; german: Behren) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Between 1812 and 1925, it was part of the commune of Kerbach.
Population
See also
* Communes ...
# Bousbach
#Cocheren
Cocheren (; german: Kochern) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Localities of the commune: Ditschviller (German: Ditschweiler), Herapel.
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following i ...
#Diebling
Diebling (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Diwlinge''/''Dieblinge''; german: Dieblingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Population development
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The foll ...
# Etzling
# Farschviller
#Folkling
Folkling (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Folklinge'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Localities of the commune: Gaubiving, Remsing.
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a ...
#Forbach
Forbach ( , , ; gsw, Fuerboch) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est.
It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it const ...
#Kerbach
Kerbach () is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France.
The commune ...
# Metzing
#Morsbach
Morsbach is a municipality in Oberbergischer Kreis, a district in North Rhine-Westphalia near the border of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. In 2015, Morsbach's population was 10,600. The central village, also named Morsbach, has a population of ...
#Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor
Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor (; german: Nussweiler bei Sankt Nabor) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the ...
#Œting
Œting (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
#Petite-Rosselle
Petite-Rosselle (; ; Palatine German: ''Klänrossle'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. The commune is separated from neighbouring Großrosseln to its west by the small river Rossel, whi ...
#Rosbruck
Rosbruck (; german: Rossbrücken; Lorraine Franconian: ''Rossbrigg'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Twin towns
* Großrosseln (Germany)
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The follow ...
#Schœneck
Schœneck (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located in the Warndt Basin, and is a border town with Germany, wedged between Stiring-Wendel and Saarbrücken.
Coal concession
In 1846 Charl ...
#Spicheren
Spicheren (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located on the German border, lying next to the city of Saarbrücken.
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of ...
# Stiring-Wendel
#Tenteling
Tenteling (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Tenteling consists of the villages Tenteling and Ebring.
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of ...
#Théding
Théding (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France.
The communes coopera ...
References
Forbach Porte de France
Forbach Porte de France
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