Rousset, Bouches-du-Rhône
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{{short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Rousset (Bouches-du-Rhône)}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Rousset
|commune status = Commune
|image = L'Eglise - Rousset (13).JPG
|caption = The church of Rousset
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Rousset (13).svg
|arrondissement = Aix-en-Provence
|canton = Trets
|INSEE = 13087
|postal code = 13790
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Aix-Marseille-Provence
|coordinates = {{coord|43.481|5.622|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 224
|elevation min m = 196
|elevation max m = 480
|area km2 = 19.50
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Rousset ({{IPA|fr|ʁusɛ}}; {{langx|oc|Rosset}}) 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".[http://www.rousset-fr.com/frame.htm Site Officiel de la Mairie de Rousset sur Arc] In the Middle Ages, a castle as well as a church and chapels were built, as dwellings increased.
In the 9th century, Rousset belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Victor, then by 1143 the Knights Templar took over, followed by the Knights of Malta in 1307. In the 15th century, it belonged to Guillaume de Littera (1371-1452).[http://ruesdaix.ag13.pagesperso-orange.fr/html/LITTERA.html Aix-en-Provence Historical Society: Guillaume de Littera]
Under the French Revolution, the castle was destroyed.
It is now home to a semiconductor fab and research center of STMicroelectronics and until 2014 also of another fab of {{ill|LFoundry|de}} (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.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.
Population
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|29843|Rousset}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-13087#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |436
|1800 |560
|1806 |573
|1821 |672
|1831 |874
|1836 |711
|1841 |827
|1846 |805
|1851 |808
|1856 |895
|1861 |981
|1866 |991
|1872 |1109
|1876 |853
|1881 |777
|1886 |730
|1891 |693
|1896 |684
|1901 |668
|1906 |683
|1911 |713
|1921 |862
|1926 |705
|1931 |721
|1936 |701
|1946 |763
|1954 |736
|1962 |845
|1968 |1191
|1975 |1559
|1982 |2078
|1990 |2942
|1999 |3617
|2007 |4186
|2012 |4561
|2017 |4844
}}
Twin towns
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Rousset (Bouches-du-Rhône)|Rousset, Bouches-du-Rhône}}
- [http://www.rousset-fr.com/anglais/frame.htm Official website]
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