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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3587,Lat: 48.6801
Elevation	348 meter above sea level
Local time	13:45:29pm
Name province/region	Baden-Württemberg
Name Subregion	Karlsruhe
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rastatt
Name	Forbach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Forbach:Gausbach	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Forbach:Bermersbach	2 km	NorthWest
3 Forbach:Langenbrand	2.9 km	North
4 Weisenbach:Au im Murgtal	4.5 km	North
5 Weisenbach	5.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	192 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	193 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	204 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 418 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Schwarzenbach-Stausee (0.5 km² at a height of around 668 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 24.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 49%, moderate high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Grindenschwarzwald und Enzhöhen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stuttgart Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (at a distance of 23 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

66.7 km2

84.9%

Nature

5 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

5.2 km2

6.7%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forbach in country Germany

Forbach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt	France	46 km	WestSouthWest
2 Maulbronn Monastery Complex	Germany	49 km	NorthEast
3 ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz	Germany	71 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Talschwarzwald zwischen Bühlertal und Forbach	DE	0.1 km	EastNorthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Forbach
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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	moderate rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam