Sarrebourg

Sarrebourg
Subprefecture and commune
The town hall in Sarrebourg
Coat of arms
Sarrebourg Location within Grand Est region 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	Grand Est
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)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
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)
? – 1661
Status	Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
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     Treaty of Vincennes	1661 1661
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Lorraine Early modern France

Sarrebourg (French pronunciation: ​[saʁbuʁ]; German: Saarburg, Lorraine Franconian: Saarbuerj) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est 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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