Sarrebourg

Sarrebourg
Coat of arms
Sarrebourg
Location within Lorraine region  Sarrebourg
Coordinates: 48°44′N 7°03′E / 48.74°N 7.05°ECoordinates: 48°44′N 7°03′E / 48.74°N 7.05°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Sarrebourg
Intercommunality	Sarrebourg
Government
• Mayor	Alain Marty
Area^1	16.40 km^2 (6.33 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	13,330
• Density	810/km^2 (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.