Rousset, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Rousset (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France close to Aix-en-Provence.
History
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".[2] In the Middle Ages, a castle as well as a church and chapels were built, as dwellings increased.[2]
In the 9th century, Rousset belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Victor,[2] then by 1143 the Knights Templar took over,[2] followed by the Knights of Malta in 1307.[2] In the 15th century, it belonged to Guillaume de Littera (1371-1452).[3]
Under the French Revolution, the castle was destroyed.[2]
The church was built in 1861.[2]
It is now home to a semiconductor fab and research center of STMicroelectronics and until 2014 also of another fab of Template:Ill (originally set up by Atmel).
Cross of Provence
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.[4]
Population
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Twin towns
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h Site Officiel de la Mairie de Rousset sur Arc
- ↑ Aix-en-Provence Historical Society: Guillaume de Littera
- ↑ 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.
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External links
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