Sarrebourg

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Coordinates: 48°44′07″N 7°03′16″E / 48.7352777778, 7.05444444444

Commune of Sarrebourg
Location
Sarrebourg (France)
Sarrebourg
Administration
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Moselle
(sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Sarrebourg
Canton Sarrebourg
(chief town)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes
de l'agglomération
de Sarrebourg
Mayor Alain Marty
Statistics
Land area¹ 16.40 km²
Population²
(1999)		 13,330
 - Density 813/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
Postal code 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 sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France
Reichsstadt Saarburg (de)
Ville libre de Sarrebourg (fr)
Imperial City of Sarrebourg
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
← Duchy of Lorraine
 ? – 1661 →
Capital Sarrebourg
Government Republic
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Granted mint by
    Bishopric of Metz		  
962
 - Passed to Lorraine 2 November 1464
 - Gained Reichsfreiheit Uncertain
 - Passed to France by the
    Treaty of Vincennes		  
1661

Sarrebourg (German: Saarburg) is a town in Lorraine, France. It lies in the département Moselle, on the upper course of the river Sarre.

It should not be confused with Saarburg in Germany.

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