Behren-lès-Forbach

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Behren-lès-Forbach

(2020–2026) Dominique Ferrau^[1]Area

5.54 km² (2.14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,433 • Density1,200/km² (3,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57058 /57460

Elevation243–382 m (797–1,253 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Behren-lès-Forbach (French pronunciation: [beʁən lɛ fɔʁbak],^[3] literally Behren near Forbach; German: Behren) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Between 1812 and 1925, it was part of the commune of Kerbach.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	250	—
1800	244	−0.35%
1806	291	+2.98%
1926	519	+0.48%
1931	502	−0.66%
1936	473	−1.18%
1946	429	−0.97%
1954	524	+2.53%
1962	10,486	+45.43%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	12,512	+2.99%
1975	12,015	−0.58%
1982	11,152	−1.06%
1990	10,291	−1.00%
1999	10,073	−0.24%
2007	8,781	−1.70%
2012	7,500	−3.10%
2017	6,562	−2.64%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Rénovation urbaine: focus sur les projets des villes de Forbach et Behren-lès-Forbach". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Behren-lès-Forbach, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE