Le Bignon-Mirabeau
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{{About|the commune in north-central France|the commune in the western France|Le Bignon}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Le Bignon-Mirabeau
|commune status = Commune
|image = Le Bignon Mirabeau.jpg
|caption = The church in Le Bignon-Mirabeau
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Montargis
|canton = Courtenay
|INSEE = 45032
|postal code = 45210
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Quatre Vallées
|coordinates = {{coord|48.1489|2.9236|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 120
|elevation max m = 141
|area km2 = 12.83
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
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Le Bignon-Mirabeau ({{IPA|fr|lə biɲɔ̃ miʁabo}}) 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 {{convert|90|km}} south of Paris, situated between the communes of Montargis to the south and Nemours to the north.{{Cite book|author=Fred Morrow Fling |title=Mirabeau and the French Revolution |year=1908|page=[https://archive.org/details/mirabeaufrenchre00flinuoft/page/127 127] |url=https://archive.org/details/mirabeaufrenchre00flinuoft |access-date=28 July 2011 }}
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-45032#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |236
|1975 |178
|1982 |198
|1990 |197
|1999 |261
|2009 |267
|2014 |325
|2020 |316
}}
Comte de Mirabeau
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.{{Cite book|author=Fred Morrow Fling |title=Mirabeau and the French Revolution |year=1908|page=[https://archive.org/details/mirabeaufrenchre00flinuoft/page/n159 126] |url=https://archive.org/details/mirabeaufrenchre00flinuoft |access-date=28 July 2011 }}
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.{{Cite journal |title=Notes and News |journal=The Academy |publisher=J. Murray |location=London |volume=31 |issue=790 |date=June 25, 1887 |page=448 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQA9AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA448 |access-date=28 July 2011 }}{{Cite book |author=Georges Pallain |title=La statue de Mirabeau: vœu émis par le conseil d'arrondissement de Montargis sur la proposition de G. Pallain, précédé d'une lettre de Léon Gambetta |language=fr |year=1883|publisher=E. Plon et cie |page=44 |oclc=84306925 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VoUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA44|access-date=28 July 2011 }}
See also
References
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