Mirande

Mirande is a bastide on the left bank of the Baïse, laid out with the regular streets and square of a planned medieval town. It was founded in 1281 by the seneschal of Toulouse in agreement with the abbot of Berdoues and Bernard IV, Count of Astarac. The count soon made Mirande the centre of his power. Its market and church served a new community established amid the older settlements of Gascony.