Forbach, Moselle
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France / Moselle

Forbach

A French city of 20,493

€1,600/m²to buy
1,723 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
20,493residents

Forbach is a French city of 20,493 in Moselle. Homes go for about €1,600 a square metre. 1,723 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,600/m²to buy, $172 per sq ft, estimated
€9.7/m²to rent, a month
€950property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€19,530median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,723 hof sunshine a year
129rainy days a year
37°Fwinter average, 2.8°C
66°Fsummer average, 18.8°C
15days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
6 minto the nearest station
4.8 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
4pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.2break-ins per 1,000 residents
6.1assault and robbery per 1,000
11other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
20,493residents
16 km²6 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
16%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Moselle

MetzThionvilleMontigny-lès-MetzSarregueminesYutzHayangeWoippyFameckSaint-AvoldFreyming-MerlebachCreutzwaldSarrebourg

Figures from the DVF land registry, INSEE, Météo-France, Arcep, the SSMSI, FINESS and the DREES, rebuilt four times a year. Travel times are road approximations, and prices in the smallest communes are estimated from neighbouring ones. Photograph from Wikimedia Commons.