Freyming-Merlebach

Freyming-Merlebach
Commune
Église Saint-Maurice
Coat of arms
Location of Freyming-Merlebach
Freyming-Merlebach Freyming-Merlebach
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
Area 1	9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	13,266
• Density	1,460/km2 (3,790/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 km2 (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.

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% 2023 13,266 +0.57% Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

External links

• Media related to Freyming-Merlebach at Wikimedia Commons