Mirebeau

Mirebeau
Commune

Coat of arms
Mirebeau
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Mirebeau
Coordinates: 46°47′09″N 0°10′57″E / 46.7858°N 0.1825°E / 46.7858; 0.1825Coordinates: 46°47′09″N 0°10′57″E / 46.7858°N 0.1825°E / 46.7858; 0.1825
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Poitiers
Canton Migné-Auxances
Intercommunality Mirebalais
Government
 • Mayor Daniel Girardeau
Area1 13.84 km2 (5.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,256
 • Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 86160 /86110
Elevation 89–158 m (292–518 ft)
(avg. 152 m or 499 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.

Mirebeau is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

History

Fulk Nerra (970-1040), Count of Anjou conquered Mirebeau and built a castle there. His son, Geoffrey of Anjou, defeated William VI, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou at the battle of Moncontour on September 20, 1033, and from that date Mirebeau belonged to the county of Anjou until 1790, and the replacement of the old provinces by departements during the French revolution.

In mid-July 1202, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine was blocked there by the army of the King of France commanded by Arthur, Duke of Brittany, a grandson of Eleanor's. The latter took the city, and was about to storm the castle when Eleanor managed to flee, rescued by the arrival of her son John, King of England on August 1. John, attacking from the rear, annihilated Arthur's troops and captured his nephew, whom he would kill in prison in April 1203 (one of the versions of the death of Arthur).

Demographics

Historical population of Mirebeau
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population2072214222702379229922542256

Twin towns

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