Arrondissement of Mirande facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Mirande
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Location of Mirande in Gers
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| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Gers |
| Communes | 150 |
| Subrefecture | Mirande |
| INSEE code | 323 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,686.1 km2 (651.0 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 37,945 |
| • Density | 22.5046/km2 (58.2866/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Mirande is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gers département in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Mirande.
History
When the arrondissements were created on 17 February 1800, Mirande was one of them in the Gers department.
Geography
It is the southernmost and the smallest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,686.1 km2 (651 sq mi). It is also the arrondissement with fewer people living there, with 37,945 inhabitants and a population density of 22.5 inhabitants/km².
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Mirande, there are two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Astarac-Gimone and Fezensac. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
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| Auch | Condom | Mirande | |||
| 3201 | Adour-Gersoise | 35 | 35 | ||
| 3203 | Astarac-Gimone | 19 | 24 | 43 | |
| 3208 | Fezensac | 15 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 3215 | Mirande-Astarac | 43 | 43 | ||
| 3216 | Pardiac-Rivière-Basse | 43 | 43 | ||
Communes
The arrondissement of Mirande has 150 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
- Aignan (32001)
- Arblade-le-Bas (32004)
- Armentieux (32008)
- Armous-et-Cau (32009)
- Arrouède (32010)
- Aujan-Mournède (32015)
- Aurensan (32017)
- Aussos (32468)
- Aux-Aussat (32020)
- Avéron-Bergelle (32022)
- Barcelonne-du-Gers (32027)
- Barcugnan (32028)
- Bars (32030)
- Bassoues (32032)
- Bazugues (32034)
- Beaumarchés (32036)
- Beccas (32039)
- Bellegarde (32041)
- Belloc-Saint-Clamens (32042)
- Berdoues (32045)
- Bernède (32046)
- Betplan (32050)
- Blousson-Sérian (32058)
- Bouzon-Gellenave (32063)
- Bézues-Bajon (32053)
- Cabas-Loumassès (32067)
- Cahuzac-sur-Adour (32070)
- Cannet (32074)
- Castelnau-d'Anglès (32077)
- Castelnavet (32081)
- Castex (32086)
- Caumont (32093)
- Cazaux-Villecomtal (32099)
- Chélan (32103)
- Clermont-Pouyguillès (32104)
- Corneillan (32108)
- Couloumé-Mondebat (32109)
- Courties (32111)
- Cuélas (32114)
- Duffort (32116)
- Esclassan-Labastide (32122)
- Estampes (32126)
- Estipouy (32128)
- Fustérouau (32135)
- Galiax (32136)
- Gazax-et-Baccarisse (32144)
- Goux (32151)
- Gée-Rivière (32145)
- Haget (32152)
- Idrac-Respaillès (32156)
- Izotges (32161)
- Juillac (32164)
- Jû-Belloc (32163)
- L'Isle-de-Noé (32159)
- Laas (32167)
- Labarthète (32170)
- Labéjan (32172)
- Ladevèze-Rivière (32174)
- Ladevèze-Ville (32175)
- Lagarde-Hachan (32177)
- Laguian-Mazous (32181)
- Lalanne-Arqué (32185)
- Lamazère (32187)
- Lannux (32192)
- Lasserade (32199)
- Laveraët (32205)
- Lelin-Lapujolle (32209)
- Loubersan (32215)
- Lourties-Monbrun (32216)
- Louslitges (32217)
- Loussous-Débat (32218)
- Lupiac (32219)
- Malabat (32225)
- Manas-Bastanous (32226)
- Manent-Montané (32228)
- Marciac (32233)
- Margouët-Meymes (32235)
- Marseillan (32238)
- Mascaras (32240)
- Masseube (32242)
- Maulichères (32244)
- Maumusson-Laguian (32245)
- Miramont-d'Astarac (32254)
- Mirande (32256)
- Miélan (32252)
- Monbardon (32260)
- Moncassin (32263)
- Monclar-sur-Losse (32265)
- Monlaur-Bernet (32272)
- Monlezun (32273)
- Monpardiac (32275)
- Mont-d'Astarac (32280)
- Mont-de-Marrast (32281)
- Montaut (32278)
- Montesquiou (32285)
- Monties (32287)
- Montégut-Arros (32283)
- Mouchès (32293)
- Pallanne (32303)
- Panassac (32304)
- Peyrusse-Grande (32315)
- Peyrusse-Vieille (32317)
- Plaisance (32319)
- Ponsampère (32323)
- Ponsan-Soubiran (32324)
- Pouydraguin (32325)
- Pouylebon (32326)
- Projan (32333)
- Préchac-sur-Adour (32330)
- Ricourt (32342)
- Riscle (32344)
- Sabazan (32354)
- Sadeillan (32355)
- Saint-Arroman (32361)
- Saint-Aunix-Lengros (32362)
- Saint-Blancard (32365)
- Saint-Christaud (32367)
- Saint-Germé (32378)
- Saint-Justin (32383)
- Saint-Martin (32389)
- Saint-Maur (32393)
- Saint-Michel (32397)
- Saint-Mont (32398)
- Saint-Médard (32394)
- Saint-Ost (32401)
- Saint-Pierre-d'Aubézies (32403)
- Saint-Élix-Theux (32375)
- Sainte-Aurence-Cazaux (32363)
- Sainte-Dode (32373)
- Samaran (32409)
- Sarcos (32413)
- Sarragachies (32414)
- Sarraguzan (32415)
- Sauviac (32419)
- Scieurac-et-Flourès (32422)
- Sembouès (32427)
- Sère (32430)
- Ségos (32424)
- Tarsac (32439)
- Tasque (32440)
- Termes-d'Armagnac (32443)
- Tieste-Uragnoux (32445)
- Tillac (32446)
- Tourdun (32450)
- Troncens (32455)
- Vergoignan (32460)
- Verlus (32461)
- Viella (32463)
- Villecomtal-sur-Arros (32464)
- Viozan (32466)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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| 32256 | Mirande | 3,527 | Mirande-Astarac | Cœur d'Astarac en Gascogne |
| 32344 | Riscle | 1,713 | Adour-Gersoise | Armagnac Adour |
| 32242 | Masseube | 1,535 | Astarac-Gimone | Val de Gers |
| 32319 | Plaisance | 1,502 | Pardiac-Rivière-Basse | Bastides et Vallons du Gers |
| 32027 | Barcelonne-du-Gers | 1,373 | Adour-Gersoise | Aire-sur-l'Adour |
| 32233 | Marciac | 1,261 | Pardiac-Rivière-Basse | Bastides et Vallons du Gers |
| 32252 | Miélan | 1,197 | Mirande-Astarac | Cœur d'Astarac en Gascogne |
Related pages
- Arrondissements of the Gers department
- Communes of the Gers department
See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Mirande para niños
