he arms of Puymirol : gold, a red mountain, framed with two green trees.
"Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis".


ven before it became a bastide, Puymirol was already an important city.


There were many weavers during the Middle Age. Streams were used to steep hemp and flax.
* Hemp and flax were also steeped at the mills of Mas and Bruget.
PUYMIROL which was a town of the Counts before it became a Royal town, has never had a Lord ruling over, and has never stopped until LOUIS 14th to benefit from franchises, similar to the ones that could be found in a Republic. The first customs were granted in 1100 by the Counts of Toulouse.

On this same year, a charter was issued to regulate fairs and markets. Puymirol was so important, that no fairs were authorized in Agen if they were to be held at the same time as the fairs in Puymirol; some could last over 8 days, and the ones in Sainte Foy, a full month. The church of the original town, named Saint-Seurin, was located on the South hillside of the main hill, in between the paths called RAT and CARRERE.

Twice, the King ruled in order to maintain the freedoms in PUYMIROL, first, against JOURDAIN de l'ISLE, Lord of CLERMONT-DESSUS, who wanted to tax the town, then against the Bishop of Agen who wanted to exercise his power over it.



The fairs of Puymirol were already famous in 1100.
The plum fairs of the beginning of the 20th century were as important as the wheat fairs.

The cereal market
The town of Puymirol, which before 1789 was officially the 7th town in Agenais, was mostly known during Ancien Regime for its wheat hall, which was one of the most important in Guyenne.
The exchanges were very high especially as traders of the area used to export very large quantities of grain to the colonies
The produces were loaded either in Lafox, or in Laspeyres, then boat down the Garonne river up to Bordeaux and reached thereafter the colonies by sea.
The cereal market took place every Tuesday and Friday, the town clerk was in charge of recording the trading rates in the "fourleau" (the book of the market price lists).

The poultry market
It took place every week under the arcades surrounding the main place and drew many buyers and sellers to the bastide.