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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 traveling 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.
It is located near the German border.
Population (1999): 22,784.
When traveling 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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbach
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°11'28"N 6°53'54"E
- Carling 14 km
- Manderen 46 km
- Yutz 57 km
- Basse-Rentgen 64 km
- Zoufftgen 67 km
- Sandweiler 70 km
- Hesperange 73 km
- Aubange (Municipality) 98 km
- Musson (Municipality) 104 km
- Arlon (municipality) 106 km
- Church of St. Rémy 0.6 km
- City Hall 0.6 km
- Centre d'Animation Culturelle 0.8 km
- Schlossberg park 0.9 km
- Burghof Congress Centre 1.1 km
- Puits Simon 1.4 km
- Cité du Bruch 1.8 km
- brico depot 2.2 km
- Cora - Forbach 2.2 km
- Petite-Rosselle 3.6 km