Named for Baron de Micoud, the 18th-century French governor whose estate now forms the heart of the district’s best-known attraction, Mamiku Botanical Gardens — 12 acres of gardens built around the ruins of a plantation house burned during the Brigands’ War of 1796. The district stretches along the southeast Atlantic coast and remains one of the island’s more agriculturally rich areas, historically built around banana cultivation, with a rugged, wind-swept shoreline quite different from the calmer Caribbean side. Less developed for tourism than the west coast districts, Micoud offers more land and generally more accessible pricing for buyers prioritizing acreage and a working rural lifestyle over beachfront polish. The district also includes Praslin, covered separately below.