Miélan

Miélan (French pronunciation: [mjelɑ̃]; Gascon: Mielan) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. The choral conductor Aurore Tillac was born in Miélan in 1980.

Miélan
Commune
The church in Miélan
Coat of arms
Location of Miélan
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Coordinates: 43°25′50″N 0°18′32″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Mirande-Astarac
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Astarac en Gascogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Loup Arenou[1]
Area 1	21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,132
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32252 /32170
Elevation	187–303 m (614–994 ft) (avg. 209 m or 686 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Miélan and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,214	—
1968	1,295	+6.7%
1975	1,325	+2.3%
1982	1,246	−6.0%
1990	1,290	+3.5%
1999	1,258	−2.5%
2008	1,218	−3.2%
2012	1,213	−0.4%

Notable residents

• Pierre Marie Laurent Forgues (1761-2013), soldier
• Aurore Tillac (born 1980), choir conductor

See also

• Communes of the Gers department