What is Mirepoix (Ariège)?
{{redirect|Mirepoix}} [[File:Blason Mirepox 09.svg|thumb|90px|coat of arms]] '''Mirepoix''' is a [[city]] in the south of [[France]]. Today, about 3.000 people live there. It was founded as a [[bastide]]. Though it is not a bastide in the sense that it is a planned city. It was rebuilt following complete destruction after the local river overboarded. This reconstruction was done according to the 'bastide' idea. <gallery> Image:MaisonDesConsuls.jpg|House of the Consuls Image:LesCouverts0.jpg|Arcades on the main square </gallery> {{France-geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mirepoix (Ariege)}} [[Category:Bastides]] [[Category:Communes in Ariège]]