Frenchs Forest
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Frenchs Forest from the air, with Forestway in the centre | |||||||||||||
Frenchs Forest Location in metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Frenchs Forest | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 33°44′56″S 151°13′59″E / 33.7490°S 151.2331°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 9.1 km2 (3.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 149 m (489 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 14,267 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,568/km2 (4,061/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2086 | ||||||||||||
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Frenchs Forest (pron. frenches) is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Frenchs Forest is 20 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Frenchs Forest is part of Sydney's Northern Beaches region and also considered to be part of the Forest District, colloquially known as The Forest by its locals.
During the 2010s, the suburb underwent rezoning which includes a new hospital, town centre, new relocated high school, 2,200 new homes and $500 million to upgrade the roads around the new Northern Beaches Hospital.
The rezoning was completed in time for the hospital opening in 2019.