Miradoux

Miradoux ; Miradors
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Lectoure-Lomagne
Community association	Lomagne Gersoise
Coordinates	44 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 45 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 45 ′ E
height	79-227 m
surface	34.58 km 2
Residents	501 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	14 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32340
INSEE code	32253
	; Saint-Orens-et-Saint-Louis village church

Miradoux ( Gaskognisch Miradors ) is a French commune with 501 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the municipality association Lomagne Gersoise . Its inhabitants are called Miradouzains / Miradouzaines .

geography

Miradoux is located on a hill about 48 kilometers west of the city of Montauban in the northeast of the Gers department. In terms of traffic, the community is on the D953 away from major long-distance traffic routes.

history

The place is a station on Via Podiensis , one of the routes of the pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. Miradoux was founded as a bastide in 1253 and is the oldest still existing bastide in the Gers department. The place is in Lomagne , which was a vice-county in the Middle Ages. The community belonged to the District Lectoure from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Miradoux was the capital of the canton of Miradoux from 1793 to 2015 . The parish was assigned to the Arrondissement of Lectoure from 1801 to 1926. This was dissolved in 1926 and the municipality part of the Condom arrondissement.

Population development

year	1793	1831	1846	1911	1921	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	1,582	1,778	1,736	1,092	943	978	837	728	654	647	594	497	515	519
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Village church of Saint-Orens-et-Saint-Louis from the 16th century (partly 19th century), monument historique since 1978
Château de Fieux castle with chapel
Memorial to the Fallen
Fontaine de Condé spring and fountain

several wayside crosses and statues of the Madonna

The Auvillar - Lectoure section of the French Way of St. James, Via Podiensis, runs through the municipality .

Web links

Commons : Miradoux - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Sights of the community
↑ Brief description (French)
↑ Memorial to the Fallen
^ Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ). P. 127

Way of St. James " Via Podiensis "

← Previous location: Bardigues 14 km | Miradoux | Next town: Lectoure 15 km →

[1] Sights of the community

[2] Brief description (French)

[3] Memorial to the Fallen

[4] Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ). P. 127