Sarrebourg

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Administration
Commune of Sarrebourg
Location
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 area^¹	16.40 km²
Population^² (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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
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Reichsstadt Saarburg (de)
Ville libre de Sarrebourg (fr)
Imperial City of Sarrebourg

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire

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? – 1661

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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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