Sarrebourg
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Location within Grand Est region
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| 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 | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Sarrebourg | |
| Intercommunality | Sarrebourg | |
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| • 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 | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57630 /57400 | |
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| Imperial City of Sarrebourg | ||||||||||
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Reichsstadt Saarburg (de) Ville libre de Sarrebourg (fr) |
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| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Sarrebourg | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Granted mint by Bishopric of Metz |
962 |
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| • | Passed to Lorraine | 2 November 1464 Enter start year | ||||||||
| • | Gained Reichsfreiheit | Uncertain | ||||||||
| • | Passed to France by Treaty of Vincennes |
1661 1661 |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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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