MIRANDE, an arrondissement of the department of
Mirandola the Gers, in France, extending over 742 square miles. It comprehends eight cantons, divided into 229 communes, inhabited by 74,500 persons. The capital, a city of the same name, situated on the river Baise, is fortified, and contains 2100 inhabitants. Long. 0. 11. E. Lat. 42. 33. N.