Forbach (French pronunciation: ​[fɔʁbak], Lorraine Franconian: Fuerboch) is a commune in the department of Moselle in the northeastern French Region of Lorraine.It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it constitutes a cross-border conurbation, and is part of the Saar-Moselle Eurodistrict.