Farébersviller

Farébersviller
Coat of arms of Farébersviller Coat of arms
Farébersviller
Location within Lorraine region Farébersviller
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton	Freyming-Merlebach
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Laurent Kleinhentz
Area1	6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	6,020
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Farébersviller (Lorraine Franconian: Fareewerschwiller/Ewerschwiller; German: Pfarrebersweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine 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.

Démographie

Historical population of Farébersviller
(Source: INSEE)

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	8 452	8 001	7 783	7 122	6 835	6 279	6 020
From the year 1968 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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 - Italie

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

External links

• Site de la mairie
• Farébersviller on the Institut géographique national website