Freyming-Merlebach

Freyming-Merlebach
Commune
Église Saint-Maurice
Coat of arms
Location of Freyming-Merlebach
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Coordinates: 49°08′33″N 6°47′59″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton	Freyming-Merlebach
Intercommunality	Freyming-Merlebach
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Lang[1]
Area ^1	9.06 km^2 (3.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	13,027
• Density	1,400/km^2 (3,700/sq mi)
Demonym	Merlebachois(es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57240 /57800
Elevation	200–346 m (656–1,135 ft) (avg. 247 m or 810 ft)
Website	www.freyming-merlebach.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Freyming-Merlebach (French pronunciation: [fʁɛmɛ̃ mɛʁləbak]; German: Freimingen-Merlenbach) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the agglomeration of Saarbrücken and Forbach.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	17,604	—
1975	15,605	−1.71%
1982	16,214	+0.55%
1990	15,224	−0.78%
1999	14,461	−0.57%
2007	13,356	−0.99%
2012	13,122	−0.35%
2017	12,818	−0.47%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Commune de Freyming-Merlebach (57240), INSEE
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Media related to Freyming-Merlebach at Wikimedia Commons