Rousset, Bouches-du-Rhône

Rousset (French pronunciation: [ʁusɛ]; Occitan: Rosset) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France close to Aix-en-Provence.

Rousset
The church of Rousset
The church of Rousset
Coat of arms of Rousset
Location of Rousset
Map
Rousset is located in France
Rousset
Rousset
Rousset is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rousset
Rousset
Coordinates: 43°28′52″N 5°37′19″E / 43.481°N 5.622°E / 43.481; 5.622
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementAix-en-Provence
CantonTrets
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Louis Canal[1]
Area
1
19.50 km2 (7.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,209
 • Density270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13087 /13790
Elevation196–480 m (643–1,575 ft)
(avg. 224 m or 735 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History edit

Although Rousset can be traced back to the Romans, the first written mention comes in a 1050 document, under the name of "Rosselun" or "roscetum rosetum".[3] In the Middle Ages, a castle as well as a church and chapels were built, as dwellings increased.[3]

In the 9th century, Rousset belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Victor,[3] then by 1143 the Knights Templar took over,[3] followed by the Knights of Malta in 1307.[3] In the 15th century, it belonged to Guillaume de Littera (1371-1452).[4]

Under the French Revolution, the castle was destroyed.[3]

The church was built in 1861.[3]

It is now home to a semiconductor fab and research center of STMicroelectronics and until 2014 also of another fab of LFoundry [de] (originally set up by Atmel)

Cross of Provence edit

The fourth Croix de Provence on the Montagne Sainte-Victoire was erected in 1875, on the initiative of the parish priest of Rousset, Father Meissonnier, to ward off two evils: smallpox and the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.[5]

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 436—    
1800 560+3.64%
1806 573+0.38%
1821 672+1.07%
1831 874+2.66%
1836 711−4.04%
1841 827+3.07%
1846 805−0.54%
1851 808+0.07%
1856 895+2.07%
1861 981+1.85%
1866 991+0.20%
1872 1,109+1.89%
1876 853−6.35%
1881 777−1.85%
1886 730−1.24%
1891 693−1.03%
1896 684−0.26%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 668−0.47%
1906 683+0.45%
1911 713+0.86%
1921 862+1.92%
1926 705−3.94%
1931 721+0.45%
1936 701−0.56%
1946 763+0.85%
1954 736−0.45%
1962 845+1.74%
1968 1,191+5.89%
1975 1,559+3.92%
1982 2,078+4.19%
1990 2,942+4.44%
1999 3,617+2.32%
2007 4,186+1.84%
2012 4,561+1.73%
2017 4,844+1.21%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Twin towns edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Site Officiel de la Mairie de Rousset sur Arc
  4. ^ Aix-en-Provence Historical Society: Guillaume de Littera
  5. ^ The Cross of Provence (La croix de Provence), in Sainte-Victoire, éd. Édisud / Association for reforestation and protection of Cengle-Sainte-Victoire, Aix-en-Provence, 1998, p. 93.
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rousset, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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