Title: Mirande Content: Mirande  is a commune in the Gers department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the Occitanie region, southwestern France. It is the administrative center of the arrondissement of Mirande and of the canton of Mirande-Astarac. ==History== Mirande was founded in 1281 near the village of Saint-Jean de Lezian by the abbot Berdoues and by Bernhard IV, Count of Astarac. The town was built as a bastide (a fortified town). Miranda became, in 1297, the capital of the County of Astarac. Mirande was surrounded by a wall with four city gates; the wall was destroyed during the 19th century. Since 17 February 1800, Mirande is the capital of the arrondissement of Mirande. ==Geography== Mirande is a commune found along the Baïse river in the Astarac, a natural region that is part of Gascony. The commune has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . Mirande is at from Auch, from Toulouse, from Tarbes and from Lourdes.  Mirande is surrounded by the following communes, all of them part of the arrondissement of Mirande: Estipouy and Mouchès to the north, Miramont-d'Astarac to the northeast, Idrac-Respaillès to the east, Saint- Médard to the southeast, Berdoues to the south, Saint-Martin and Monclar-sur- Losse to the west and Montesquiou to the northwest. ===Climate=== The climate of Mirande, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Mirande are known, in French, as Mirandais (women: Mirandaises). With a population of 3,527 (2014), Mirande has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Mirande Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:4500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2005 text:2005 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 4075 bar:1975 from:0 till: 3879 bar:1982 from:0 till: 3871 bar:1990 from:0 till: 3565 bar:1999 from:0 till: 3568 bar:2005 from:0 till: 3691 bar:2014 from:0 till: 3527 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 4075 fontsize:S text: 4,075 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 3879 fontsize:S text: 3,879 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 3871 fontsize:S text: 3,871 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 3565 fontsize:S text: 3,565 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 3568 fontsize:S text: 3,568 shift:(-15,5) bar:2005 at: 3691 fontsize:S text: 3,691 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 3527 fontsize:S text: 3,527 shift:(-15,5) ==Gallery== File:Mirande Gers jnl 1.jpg|St. Mary's Cathedral File:St. Mary's Cathedral, Mirande, Gers, France.JPG|St. Mary's Cathedral, Mirande File:Museum of Fine Arts and Tourist Information Center, Mirande, Gers, France.JPG| Museum of Fine Arts and Tourist Information Center, Mirande File:Mirande Market Hall (Gers, France).JPG|Mirande Market Hall File:Kiosque de la place d'Astarac (Mirande, Gers, France).JPG|The Astarac square, Mirande ==Sister cities== Mirande is twinned with: * Korntal- Münchingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany * L'Eliana, Valencia, Spain * San Mauro Torinese, Piedmont, Italy * Tubize, Walloon Brabant, Belgium ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Mirande * Communes of the Gers department