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This article is about the commune in north-central France. For the commune in the western France, see Le Bignon.
Le Bignon-Mirabeau (French pronunciation: [lə biɲɔ̃ miʁabo]) is a commune in the Loiret department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
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 The church in Le Bignon-Mirabeau | |
Location of Le Bignon-Mirabeau
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Le Bignon-Mirabeau
Le Bignon-Mirabeau | |
| Coordinates: 48°08′56″N 2°55′25″E / 48.1489°N 2.9236°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Loiret |
| Arrondissement | Montargis |
| Canton | Courtenay |
| Intercommunality | Quatre Vallées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Luc D'Haeger[1] |
| Area 1 | 12.83 km2 (4.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 311 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45032 /45210 |
| Elevation | 120–141 m (394–463 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Originally called simply Le Bignon, the small village is approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Paris, situated between the communes of Montargis to the south and Nemours to the north.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 236 | — |
| 1975 | 178 | −3.95% |
| 1982 | 198 | +1.53% |
| 1990 | 197 | −0.06% |
| 1999 | 261 | +3.18% |
| 2009 | 267 | +0.23% |
| 2014 | 325 | +4.01% |
| 2020 | 316 | −0.47% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
The commune was the birthplace of one of the most celebrated figures of the French Revolution, the comte de Mirabeau. The future orator and statesman was born in the Chateau de Bignon on 4 April 1749.[5]
After Mirabeau's death, the commune's original name was amended to Le Bignon-Mirabeau by a resolution of the Municipal Council on 1 November 1792. The name eventually passed out of favor but was officially and permanently restored in the 1880s. A bronze statue of Mirabeau was erected in the commune to commemorate the restoration of the name.[6][7]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Fred Morrow Fling (1908). Mirabeau and the French Revolution. p. 127. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Fred Morrow Fling (1908). Mirabeau and the French Revolution. p. 126. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "Notes and News". The Academy. 31 (790). London: J. Murray: 448. 25 June 1887. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Georges Pallain (1883). La statue de Mirabeau: vœu émis par le conseil d'arrondissement de Montargis sur la proposition de G. Pallain, précédé d'une lettre de Léon Gambetta (in French). E. Plon et cie. p. 44. OCLC 84306925. Retrieved 28 July 2011.