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 ...

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 It superseded three former administrat ...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 km². 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 ...

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

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