Mirandol-Bourgnounac, main town of a commune of 3818 hectares and approximately 1070 inhabitants, located in the extreme north of the Tarn department on the high plateau of Ségala Tarnais.
Common to the 5 churches, anchor points of as many more or less populated hamlets.
Its name results from the combination of that of an ancient fortified village overlooking the Viaur, a village that has practically disappeared today (Mirandol) and a booming town, 4 km further on the plateau (Bourgnounac)…
For a long time the official name was: commune of Mirandol with its capital in Bourgnounac… before becoming in 1889 commune of Mirandol Bourgnounac, then simply commune of Mirandol…
Mirandol, central point of a territory, peaceful village on the edge of a plateau deeply cut by the Viaur (Via Auréa, the Voie de l'Or), living village, service village (shops, Health Centre, Schools, etc.) at the crossroads of the Countries: Country of hiking, Country of nature lovers, Country of Honoré de Balzac's ancestors, Country of mills, ruined castles, forgotten chapels and for lovers of tales or legends, Country of the Drac (son of the Devil) according to the giant of Occitan writing Jean Boudou…
“Vira que viraras a Mirandol Bornhonac todjorn tornaras”, “Go wherever you want, even if you don’t settle, even if you go in circles, to Mirandol Bourgnounac you will always come back...", a local saying which concretizes loyalty, love for a village, a commune, a land where life is good, but also an invitation to discover it...
