Mirebeau

Mirebeau (in Poitevin-saintongeais Mirebea ) is a common French, located in the department of the Vienna and the area Poitou-Charentes.

Geography

Mirebeau is located in a territory at crossed steps of three great traditional areas: the Anjou, the Touraine and the Poitou.

Contrary, with current cutting, where the area Poitou-Charentes present at the north of the department of the Vienna an outgrowth to include Loudun, at the Middle Ages and until the French revolution, they is the Resident of Saumur and the Anjou which is inserted in the current Poitou including Loudun until Mirebeau in the South.

History

It is the count of Anjou Foulques Nerra which conquers Mirebeau and there made build a castle. His/her son, Geoffroy II of Anjou, after his victory with the Battle of Moncontour, in 1033 retained captive during 5 years, Guillaume VI of Poitiers duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitou. It is starting from this date that Mirebeau, like seigniory, belongs to the county of Anjou until 1790.

Mid-July 1202, the Aliénor queen of Aquitaine is blocked by the army of king de France ordered by Arthur of Brittany. It takes the city, and is on the point of giving the attack to the castle where Aliénor took refuge when she is saved by the arrival of her son Jean without Ground, it.

In XIVesiècle, Mirebeau is set up in baronnie depending, with Moncontour, of the Sénéchaussée of Saumur. The baronnie of Mirebeau comprises 114 strongholds.

In 1789, at the time of the French revolution, the constituent Assembly orders the creation of departments. the cities of Mirebeau and Moncontour will be detached from the Sénéchaussée of Saumur to join the new department of the Vienna.

Administration

Demography

Blasonnement

1°) Of mouths, with the money stake, quartered money with the fasce of Mouths. (Malta-Brown, illustrated France , volume V, 1884)

Places and monuments

the church Notre-Dame de Mirebeau
the priory Saint-Andrew

Personalities related to the commune

Paul-Marie Knives, appointed European and writer, resides at Mirebeau

Twinning

The city is twinned with:

The Community of communes of Mirebalais

the community of commune of Mirebalais associates the communes of Amberre, Champigny-the-Dryness, Cherves, Chouppes, Cuhon, Maisonneuve, Massognes, Mirebeau, Thurageau, Varennes and Vouzailles.

See too

Common of Vienna

External bonds

http://www.mairie-mirebeau.fr/
http://www.hautpoitou.org/communes/mirebeau.html
the Community of Communes
Mirebeau on the site of the national geographical Institute
Mirebeau on the site of INSEE
Mirebeau on the site of Quid
Localization of Mirebeau on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Mirebeau on Mapquest.
Mirebeau seen of the sky.

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