Forbach

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Forbach is also a town in south-western Germany.

Coordinates: 49°11′20″N 6°54′03″E / 49.18888, 6.90083

Administration
Commune of Forbach Forbach town centre
Location

Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Forbach
Canton	Forbach (chief town) Canton de Stiring-Wendel
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France
Mayor	Charles Stirnweiss (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	192 m–388 m (avg. 222 m)
Land area^¹	16.32 km²
Population^² (1999)	22,807
- Density	1,397/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	57227/ 57600
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Forbach is a town and commune, in the Moselle département, in 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).

The French singer Patricia Kaas is from Forbach.