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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.902,Lat: 49.1873
Elevation	248 meter above sea level
Local time	1:28:03am
Name province/region (Région)	Lorraine
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Moselle
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Name	Forbach
Other place with same name 1	Forbach Baden-Württemberg - Karlsruhe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Œting	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Morsbach	2.8 km	SouthWest
3 Stiring-Wendel	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Folkling	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Behren-lès-Forbach	3.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	73 km	NorthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	252 km	South
3 Brussel	Belgium	260 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Diefenbach (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 2.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.5 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 98%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Le bassin houiller du Warndt et sa proche couronne - Les régions paysagères des pôles de développement

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 70 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 15 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.2 km2

33.3%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

18.9 km2

24.1%

Urban area

28.3 km2

36.1%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forbach in country France

Forbach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	7.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	66 km	NorthNorthWest
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	73 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Warndt	DE	3.4 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forbach

Type of weather in Forbach	clear sky
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam