Mirebeau

Coat of arms

Mirebeau

Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

Mirebeau

Coordinates: 46°47′09″N 0°10′57″E / 46.7858°N 0.1825°ECoordinates: 46°47′09″N 0°10′57″E / 46.7858°N 0.1825°E

Country

Mirebeau

Mirebalais

Government

• Mayor

Daniel Girardeau

Area¹

13.84 km² (5.34 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

2,256

• Density

160/km² (420/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

86160 /86110

Elevation

89–158 m (292–518 ft)
(avg. 152 m or 499 ft)

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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mirebeau is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Fulk Nerra (970-1040), Count of Anjou conquered Mirebeau and built a castle there. His son, Geoffrey of Anjou, defeated William VI, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou at the battle of Moncontour on September 20,1033, and from that date Mirebeau belonged to the county of Anjou until 1790, and the replacement of the old provinces by departements during the French revolution.

In mid-July 1202, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine was blocked there by the army of the King of France commanded by Arthur, Duke of Brittany, a grand-son of Eleanor's. The latter took the city, and was about to storm the castle when Eleanor managed to flee, rescued by the arrival of her son John, King of England on August 1st. John, attacking from the rear, annihilated Arthur's troops and captured his nephew, whom he would kill in prison in April 1203 (one of the versions of the death of Arthur).

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