Bexbach

{{Infobox German location

|image_photo = Bexbachaussicht.jpg

|type = Stadt

|image_coa = DEU Bexbach COA.svg

|image_flag=Flag of Bexbach.svg|coordinates = {{coord|49|20|58|N|7|15|34|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Bexbach in HOM.svg

|state = Saarland

|district = Saarpfalz

|elevation = 249

|area = 31.08

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 10045111

|postal_code = 66441–66450

|area_code = 06826

|licence = HOM

|website = [http://www.bexbach.de www.bexbach.de]

|mayor = Christian Prech[https://www.saarland.de/stat/DE/_downloads/aktuelleTabellen/Wahlen/Direktwahlen/Gew%C3%A4hlte_B%C3%BCrgermeister_und_Landr%C3%A4te_im_Saarland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=11 Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland], Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.

|leader_term = 2019–29

|party = CDU

}}

Bexbach ({{IPA|de|ˈbɛksˌbaχ|-|De-Bexbach.ogg}}) is a town in the Saarpfalz district, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approximatively 6 km east of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken. The Saarländisches Bergbaumuseum (Saarland Mining Museum) is located in the town.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Edwin Hügel (1919-1988), politician (FDP), minister of economy, transport and agriculture in Cabinet Zeyer II (1982-1983)
  • Gerd Dudenhöffer (born 1949), comedian and author

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Bexbach is twinned with:

  • {{flagicon|GER}} Edenkoben, Germany, since 1936
  • {{flagicon|USA}} Goshen, United States, since 1979
  • {{Flagicon|FRA}} Pornichet, France, since 1985

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