Mollégès
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Arles | |
| Canton | Châteaurenard | |
| Community association | Terre de Provence | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 48 ' N , 4 ° 57' E | |
| height | 45-67 m | |
| surface | 14.20 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,594 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 183 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 13940 | |
| INSEE code | 13064 | |
| Website | www.mairie-molleges.fr | |
 Castle and church in Mollégès |
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Mollégès is a French commune with 2,594 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
The municipality is located in the north of the Bouches-du-Rhône department on the northern edge of the Alpilles . It is ten kilometers west of Cavaillon and twelve kilometers east of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence .
history
The name of the place is derived from "molle gesium" (German: soft land). The formerly existing wetlands offered the first inhabitants of the place not only water, but also protection from enemies. The Romans already used the wetlands. Therefore a Roman aqueduct and a villa have been found in Mollégès. The proximity to the Roman settlement of Glanum (today Saint-Rémy-de-Provence) probably favored the development of the place. Around the year 1000 there are only a few houses around the St. Thomas chapel in Mollégès. The parish is a kind of enclave of the Diocese of Arles within the Diocese of Avignon . She is dependent on the Abbey of Montmajour near Arles. The monks built the church "Saint-Pierre-es-Liens". In the twelfth century the moat was built around the abbey. In 1208 the abbey of Sainte Marie was founded in Mollégès, a convent for women. The founder was Sacristane des Porcellets. In 1206 she married the Lord of Apt . It was not until 1218 that the abbey in Mollégès became a monastery. From the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, the abbey gained a significant reputation for doing a lot for the prosperity of the region, but striving for autonomy itself. In its heyday, 50 nuns lived in the monastery, they were called "Dames de Mollégès". Difficult times such as plague epidemics caused difficulties for the monastery, and in 1436 the nuns left Mollégès forever. The abbey was then linked to the royal abbey of Sainte-Croix d'Apt, which, like the monastery before, was entitled to three quarters of the taxes from Mollégès. In 1664 Louis XIV granted the lien to the abbess of Sainte Croix, which ultimately meant that the nuns were able to increase their share of the taxes of Mollégès to seven eighths. Eventually the abbey was bought and the manor house Châteauneuf-Mollégès, the abbess kept her right of residence.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1107 | 1132 | 1048 | 1354 | 1862 | 2168 | 2453 | 2594 |
Attractions
- Remains of the old Cistercian abbey
- church
Economy and Infrastructure
Due to the favorable location of the place near Saint-Rémy, Avignon and Cavaillon, tourism is a very strong industry.
