Sarrebourg

This article is about the town in France. For the town in Germany, see Saarburg.
Sarrebourg

Coat of arms
Sarrebourg

Coordinates: 48°44′N 7°03′E / 48.74°N 7.05°E / 48.74; 7.05Coordinates: 48°44′N 7°03′E / 48.74°N 7.05°E / 48.74; 7.05
Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton Sarrebourg
Intercommunality Sarrebourg
Government
  Mayor Alain Marty
Area1 16.40 km2 (6.33 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 13,330
  Density 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 57630 / 57400

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Imperial City of Sarrebourg
Reichsstadt Saarburg (de)
Ville libre de Sarrebourg (fr)
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire

? – 1661
Capital Sarrebourg
Government Republic
Historical era Middle Ages
  Granted mint by
    Bishopric of Metz
 
962
   Passed to Lorraine 2 November 1464 Enter start year
  Gained Reichsfreiheit Uncertain
   Passed to France by
    Treaty of Vincennes
 
1661 1661

Sarrebourg (French pronunciation: [saʁbuʁ]; German: Saarburg, Lorraine Franconian: Saarbuerj) is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France. It lies in on the upper course of the river Saar.

In 1895 a Mithraeum was discovered at Sarrebourg at the mouth of the pass leading from the Vosges Mountains.

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