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The
history of Mollégès is characterized
by the necessity, for the men, of Conquer
arables. The epic began in the ancient times, With
Romans who got sources and forwarded the water towards
Arles
Elle continued under the influence of the abbey
of Montmajour in X And
XIth century, took all his(her,its) dimension with
the construction of the abbey Cistercian
Ste Marie in the XIIth century among which abbesses
called Ladies of Mollégès
assured a "energetic" management
until XVth century.
But Misfortunes
of time raged here as somewhere else; the village
curled up On
its problems that we can follow in the
considerations of the advice(council) of it Community.
Then it was the Revolution of 1789 and the history
of Mollégès Began
to become confused with the regional history.
The
real revolution was agricultural with, in the XIXth
century, the introduction of itMechanization
and that of the railway without forgetting, after
the second World
war, the land reclamation of paluds. In
the Roman time, the main part of the soil is covered
with swamp so that one If
move in boat there; only the south part,
the closest to the hills of Doubled
and of the Roman way Italie-Espagne (via domitia)
is used. One Roman
villa is implanted in the said place " the
station " and the aqueduct which forwards The
water of the sources of the North of Alpilles in
Arles borrows its territory.
Rests
of this work are still visible in several places
today In
our municipality. At
the beginning of the millennium, Mollégès
is still only an island where from emergent Some
huts and sheepfolds around the chapel St Thomas
that one Can
see today still in the surrounding wall
of the cemetery. We found one there Stone
of font put down in 1930 in the archaeological
reserves of The
hotel of Sade to St Rémy.
That this seems
to be a votive altar, dedicated in it Goddess
Earth, raised can be, at the time of
the made works of land reclamation By
Romans. In this time, the territory of Mollégès
been a part of one Enclave
of the diocese of Arles in that of Avignon and belongs
to the abbey of Montmajour.
The
most ancient text mentioning the name of
Mollégès ( Mollegesio) is one Bubble
of Innocent III of 1204. In 1210 the calling back
Emperor Othon IV, for Confirm
them, the concessions granted to the abbey
of Montmajour in 963 By
the Count Boson, quote: honorem Santi Petri aput
Moleges.The
monks continue the works of land reclamation and
build a church Dedicated
to their patron saint: St Pierre-es-liens. ithad the aspect of a church Strengthened
whose description Purple the Duke left us. We think
that Fathers
pontiffs participated in this construction because
the basement was strengthened By
of numerous pilotis. Gradually, the environment
moves westward and In
the XIIth century it groups together(includes)
around the abbey which has just built itself.
The
revolutionary period was rather quiet, it seems:
little or not of Confusions.
In 1791 the possessions of the abbey and the chapel
of the Penitent are Deconsecrated
and put on sale with those of the emigrated. Some
"domestic" or Traders
of Mollégès buy a part but
most of the possessions Are
acquired by jurists of St Rémy and Tarascon.
At
the beginning of the XVIIIth century, while most
of the inhabitants still live Inside
ramparts, two hamlets appear to the called places
Today
the station and the big bridge. In 1850 boys' school
sees Day.
In 1857, the church of the XIIth, threatening century
ruins, is demolished then Replaced
by a new construction of style romano-Byzantine.
The
second part of the century is marked by an
economic alteration Due
to the arrival of the irrigation channel said about
the Alpine. Of the culture of Cereal,
we pass gradually in that of the scoops as far as
Construction
of the railroad network and in particular the line
Orgon - St Rémy
in 1872, allows the expedition of these fragile
products. Hedges of Cypress,
windbreaks in giant reeds sheltering the cultures
of Mistral
transform the agricultural landscape into hedged
farmland.
Remained
profoundly agricultural, attached to the traditional
activities and Conservative
of the Provençal soul, the population was
till the beginning of About
1960s 800 inhabitants. Today, it is about 2300 Inhabitants
thanks to a politics(policy) of reception and to
a diversification of The
economy. The agriculture is not any more the source
of incomes of most of Inhabitants;
the service industry became dominant there, at this
beginning of the 21th century.
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