Le Bignon-Mirabeau
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The church in Le Bignon-Mirabeau
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 Le Bignon-Mirabeau
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Le Bignon-Mirabeau
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| Coordinates: 48°08′56″N 2°55′25″E / 48.1489°N 2.9236°ECoordinates: 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 |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Pascal Duvert |
| Area1 | 12.83 km2 (4.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)2 | 267 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45032 /45210 |
| Elevation | 120–141 m (394–463 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Le Bignon-Mirabeau is a commune in the Loiret department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
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.
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.
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.
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