Mirande

Mirande
Subprefecture and commune
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Mirande Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Mirande-Astarac
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Astarac en Gascogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Fanton
Area1	23.42 km2 (9.04 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	32256 / 32300
Elevation	139–268 m (456–879 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
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.

Mirande (French pronunciation: [miʁɑ̃d]; Occitan: Miranda) is a commune in the Gers department, Occitania, southwestern France.

Geography

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Mirande and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,655 —     1800 1,558 −0.86% 1806 1,968 +3.97% 1821 2,128 +0.52% 1831 2,532 +1.75% 1841 3,409 +3.02% 1846 3,797 +2.18% 1851 3,454 −1.88% 1856 3,509 +0.32% 1861 3,304 −1.20% 1866 4,010 +3.95% 1872 3,885 −0.53% 1876 3,812 −0.47% 1881 3,748 −0.34% 1886 3,916 +0.88% 1891 4,244 +1.62% 1896 3,771 −2.34% 1901 3,867 +0.50%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 3,642 −1.19% 1911 3,424 −1.23% 1921 2,559 −2.87% 1926 2,694 +1.03% 1931 2,761 +0.49% 1936 3,019 +1.80% 1946 3,592 +1.75% 1954 3,500 −0.32% 1962 3,610 +0.39% 1968 4,075 +2.04% 1975 3,879 −0.70% 1982 3,871 −0.03% 1990 3,565 −1.02% 1999 3,568 +0.01% 2007 3,740 +0.59% 2012 3,664 −0.41% 2017 3,468 −1.09%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Sites of interest

• Town Hall
• St. Mary's Cathedral
• Astarac Square
• Clock Tower
• Rohan Tower

• Hôtel de ville de Mirande (Gers, France).JPG

  Town Hall

• St. Mary's Cathedral, Mirande, Gers, France.JPG

  St Mary's Cathedral

• Clock Tower, Mirande, Gers, France.JPG

  Clock Tower

• Rohan Tower, Mirande, Gers, France.JPG

  Rohan Tower

Leisure activities

• Aquapark "Ludina"

Events

• Country Music Festival
• Traditional markets

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

External links

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