Puymirol
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Puymirol Puègmiròl |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Agen | |
| Canton | Le Sud-Est Agenais | |
| Community association | Porte d'Aquitaine en Pays de Serres | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 11 ′ N , 0 ° 48 ′ E | |
| height | 57-191 m | |
| surface | 19.54 km 2 | |
| Residents | 930 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 48 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 47270 | |
| INSEE code | 47217 | |
| Website | www.mairie-puymirol.fr | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Puymirol |
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Puymirol ( Occitan Puègmiròl ) is a French municipality with 930 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). Puymirol is located in the arrondissement of Agen and belongs to the canton Le Sud-Est Agenais (until 2015: canton Puymirol ). The inhabitants are called Puymirolais .
geography
Puymirol is about 14 kilometers east-southeast of Agen on the Séoune . Puymirol is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Sauvetat-de-Savères and Saint-Martin-de-Beauville in the north, Tayrac in the northeast, Perville in the east, Saint-Urcisse in the south and southeast, Saint-Romain-le-Noble in the south, Saint -Pierre-de-Clairac in the west and south-west and Saint-Caprais-de-Lerm in the north-west.
history
The bastide was founded in 1246.
On June 7, 1944, eleven suspected resistance fighters, including those from Puymirol, were murdered by soldiers from SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment 4 ("Der Führer") in the neighboring community .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 820 | 758 | 742 | 794 | 777 | 864 | 923 | 958 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame church from Le Grand Castel from the 17th century
Personalities
- Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe (1728–1792), colonial ruler
