Mirepoix/Tarn
Mirepoix-sur-Tarn is in Haute-Garonne
Understand
Mirepoix/Tarn is small village in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie. It is a part of the community of villages "Val'AÏgo". It is at 27km of Toulouse. Thanks to agriculture,it is a developing village, they build many habitations and they try to be more attractive. The 18 November 2019, there was a dramatic evnement: a truck of 50 tons passed on the bridge and the bridge falls down. The maximum weight for the bridge was 19 tons. The man who drives the truck and a 15 years old girl died in the accident.
Get in
You can take the busline Hop!304 from Balma-Gramont, where there is the subway station to Toulouse or the 355 bus line,from Toulouse station.
Get around
The village is really small so you only need your legs or a bike!
See
You can see the Ste Juliette and St Cyr Church. Next to the graveyard you have a very old wash house. You can see the place and the city hall or the memorial.
Do
In Mirepoix/ Tarn, you can do many nature activities, like biking,walking,fishing. You can do petanque or tennis because there is a tennis court, and there is a motocross ground. In June, before the coronavirus, there was a festival of Comedia Dall'Arte, during three days, and at Christmas, there was a little spectacle and there was a celebration at the start of the year and a little funfair in summer. You can rent the function room for birthday or other celebration.
Buy
Before, there was a bakery(+ grocery and newsagent) but it catched fire so now you only have a bread deposit. But there are many pretty villages around with shops, like in Bessières: you have all sorts of shops and particularly the famous garden center Solignac. This is one of the biggest in Occitanie, it is open everyday. You can find plants, trees, animals, decoration, clothes,food and many others things. There is even a little farm! It is magnificent in Christmas. It is at around three minutes by car of Mirepoix, but now it is less convenient because of the fall of the bridge.
Eat
There is a traditional French restaurant named "La Grande Recrée". It is in an ancient school.