Miramont-de-Guyenne

Miramont-de-Guyenne

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 
TownMiramont-de-Guyenne
Insee code47168
Postcode47800
Latitude44.6019060
Longitude0.3610930
AltitudeFrom 42 to 120 meters
Surface16.66 km²
Population3453 inhabitants
Density207 inhabitants/km²CLOSEST TOWNS
Chief townAgen (at 60 km, 58 min)Saint-Pardoux-Isaac at 1.4 km (3 min)
DepartmentLot-et-GaronneLavergne at 3.2 km (4 min)
RegionAquitaineSearch another town
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TOWN PRESENTATION

Miramont-de-Lauzun, as was the former name of the walled town founded on the lands of the Duc de Lauzun, with the location of a refuge station or monitoring of the Templars. Like many country houses, Miramont has a grid pattern that forms an almost perfect quadrilateral whose four main streets are cut to four corners of the central arcade.

This is certainly one of the few walled towns to have two charters to confirm his birth in 1278 by an English Edward 1st of England (kept at the Tower of London) and a French one in 1494 by Charles VIII. It is under the administration of Alphonse de Poitiers, brother of St. Louis, Miramont knew one of the most auspicious periods of its history. Having regained the English in 1259, Miramont was already a peaceful village and industrial. During the Hundred Years War, the city was repeatedly devastated and its inhabitants scattered into the neighboring countryside. In 1453, when the French had reconquered Guyenne, Miramont rose gradually from its ruins. In 1494, Charles 8th restores its former country house and authorized the election of two consuls in charge of raising and allocating tax.

Miramont crossed religious wars and the Revolution. But it was not until the Restoration it renewed with its industrial past and in particular through the production of sheepskin slippers.

Long Miramont was the city of the shoe through Soussial Isidore, deported to North Africa where he learned to make sheepskin slippers. Thus was the starting point of a boom that saw the city become a metropolis of the shoe.

Miramont also houses a circus school. Circus Short Brothers (inventors of the modern circus) there took winter quarters before the war.


SIGHTSEEING

Like any bastide, Miramont has its central hall with arcades surrounding a recently renovated.

The Church of St. Mary (1860) has beautiful stained glass signed Emil Wachter, which you can admire the blue, called "Miramont".

Circuit lanes (info at the Tourist Office).

Detailed information
Information pointsTourist Office of Miramont-de-Guyenne
Leisure centresRacecourse of Bouihaguet

EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS

Traditional market every Monday morning.

Whit Monday: horseracing.

The third Sunday of May attic.

The first weekend of August Bastid'art (International Arts Festival Street).

August 15: votive festival with horse racing.

The third Sunday of September attic.

The first weekend of November: purse collectors (exhibition and sale of collectibles).


ATTRACTIONS, LEISURES AND ACTIVITES AROUND

Bicycle touring circuit of the Duc de Lauzun circuit of 102 km and discover the "Pays de Lauzun (available from tourist offices).

Circuit des Chateaux and Bastide towns in Guyenne.

Leisure activities
NameType of activityPriceTown
Microlight flight over the Garonne and LandesSports sensationsFrom 35 € to 120 €Fourques-sur-Garonne (22 km)
Maiden flight in a flexwing or multi-axis microlightSports sensationsFrom 35 € to 135 €Montpezat (29 km)
Canoe-Kayak in DordogneSports sensationsFrom 7 € to 20 €Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt (29 km)

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PHOTOS
City Hall
 
Steeple Miramont-de-Guyenne
Beffery Church
 
St. Mary Church
Stained Glass with Blue told Miramont
 
Ceiling of the church of Beffery
Bastid'Art Festival (© Alain Chopin)
 
Bastid'Art Festival (© Alain Chopin )
Bastid'Art Festival (© Alain Chopin)
 
Bastid'Art Festival (© Alain Chopin)
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Thursday 23 May
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Min. 5°C - Max. 16°C
Friday 24 May
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Saturday 25 May
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Monteton
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Hostellerie des Ducs  
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The Pays de Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, Hostellerie des Ducs welcomes you in a former convent. The kitchen, Jean François Blanchet Vincent and you will discover gastronomic and regional...
Located 16.1 km from Miramont-de-Guyenne41 € per person 

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BEDS & BREAKFASTS 
La Reposée    
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Virazeil
Contemporary country house in quiet with a friendly welcome. 3 beautiful air-conditioned rooms with shower and WC private. 2 rooms on the ground floor with independent entrance. ' The...
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Missandre La 5ème Saison    
9.9
Monclar
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Located 20 km from Miramont-de-GuyenneFrom 85 € to 95 € the double room 
Chambres d'hôtes Les Faures  
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Close to the Dordogne, only thirty minutes from Bergerac airport (Stanstead, Southampton, Bristol, Exeter, Birmingham, Brussels, Amsterdam...) ryanair, flybe, in the heart of the Guyenne...
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Detached 3ch 140 bed residence fully equipped kitchen bathroom central heating garage, lawn garden 3 bikes for quiet hikes insured shops nearby beautiful view.
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Our cottage is completely renovated since 2011, it is our one-hectare property located at the end of forest road in the countryside 600 m from Montignac to Lauzun. Il can accommodate...
Located 8.8 km from Miramont-de-GuyenneFrom 260 € to 380 € per week 

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CAMPSITES 
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Castillonnès
Camping located in the northern Lot-et-Garonne, 3 km from the Dordogne region rich in cultural and gastronomic pleasure cottages of france. Animation, aqua-gym, games for adults and...
Located 19.5 km from Miramont-de-Guyenne10.50 € per day 
Camping du Lac   
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Cancon
Halfway between Bergerac (Dordogne) and Villeneuve-sur-Lot (Lot et Garonne), and near the villages of Castillones, Monflanquin and Villereal, located in the authentic region of Lot-et-Garonne,...
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Parc Servois    
9.3
Gardonne
On the road to Bordeaux, Bergerac, D936, near the Dordogne river, calm and rest. 200 m from town with all amenities (dishes, pizzeria, restaurant, supermarket, Post, Laundry, ...) -...
Located 26 km from Miramont-de-Guyenne9 € per day 

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HOTELS
Logis Hostellerie Des Ducs     
7.9
Duras
Logis Hostellerie des Ducs is located in the heart of Guyenne, opposite the Chateau de Duras. Its individually decorated, en suite rooms have satellite TV. Wi-Fi internet access is...
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Europ Hotel    
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Marmande
This hotel offers en suite rooms in Marmande city centre, just 100 metres from Marmande Station and close to all amenities. It features free Wi-Fi access and a bar. A full buffet breakfast...
Located 18.9 km from Miramont-de-GuyenneRoom from 49 €
Hotel Des Remparts    
8.8
Castillonnès
This Logis Hotel is situated in Castillones, at the edge of Perigord and in western Aquitane. It offers en-suite rooms with satellite TV and free Wi-Fi. The Logis Hotel des Remparts...
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Chambre dans le pigeonnier de la Tour de Brazalem datant du XVIème siècle.
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