Mialet (Gard)
| Mial | |
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| Administration | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Gard |
| Borough | Ales |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-du-Gard |
| Common Code | 30168 |
| Postcode | 30140 |
| Mayor Current term | Gilbert Rouanet 2001 - 2008 |
| Intermunicipal | Agglomeration community of Greater Ales |
| Demography | |
| Population | 563 inhabitants (2008). |
| Density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 |
| Geography | |
| Contact | 44 06 '42 "North 3 56 '37 "East / 44.1117, 3.9436 |
| Altitudes | Min. 140 m - max. 691 m |
| Area | 30.76 km 2 |
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Mial is a common French , located in the department of Gard and the region Languedoc-Roussillon.
Summary |
Mial is a town located a few kilometers from Ales , to Saint-Jean-du-Gard and Anduze.
It is on this county lies the Mas Soubeyran , typical Cevennes hamlet that houses the Museum of the Desert , the Mecca of the resistance of the Protestants during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
History
Brief history of Mial:
Until 1685, Mial had to be a particular historical place without complications:
- Prehistoric enclosure on the surrounding hills (Sauque Round, 451 m)
- Fortified post on the edge of a ramp connecting Route Regordane Gergovie Nmes (Route Arverni)
- In a charter of Philip the Fair is cited Sir "Hugh of Melet.
Compoix two years 1598 and 1647 give very interesting information on the life of the city at that time.
- Have identified: 18 carders, 18 weavers, millers 4 (full time), a baker, a tailor, several hatters, mule, publicans, builders and a notary at certain times.
- The crops are varied, numerous terraces (or bancels fasses) show significant activity, olive, chestnut and mulberry early.
- A dozen mills (oil and grain) and several lime kilns are in operation.
- The population of around 2000 inhabitants is distributed over the eight hamlets, Mialet Paussan, Luzi, Mas Soubeyran comprise 60% thereof.
Mialet adopted the reformed religion, in 1560, the first provincial synod to Aigladines and 1613, raising taxes to expand the temple.
Despite the Peace of Alais in 1629, tension mounted between the central and the Protestants. Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes (1685); Mialet entering a difficult period. The draconian measures taken by the government to bring the Protestants in the bosom of the Catholic Church, make them rise and take up arms ... They become Camisards, and a cast of a thousand soldiers, peasants and craftsmen, stand up to an army of 30,000 men. It was a war without mercy. In March 1703, 670 inhabitants of Mialet, including 180 children, were deported en Roussillon. The demolition of the houses are not quick enough, the King authorized the "burning of the Cevennes."
Cessation of fighting in 1704 after negotiations between representatives of the Chief Camisards and King, religion remains under surveillance ... but faithful to the Reformed religion.
In 1709, winter of extreme severity, all olive trees are destroyed.
The Edict "tolerance" in 1787, grants a civil status to Protestants, they regain their civil rights in December 1789 and their temple in 1837. Meanwhile they celebrate their worship in the Church of St. Andrew.
Two mills and a factory laces were installed along the Gardon netting and flossing. They ceased their activities between 1900 and 1930.
The raising of silkworms stopped in the fifties. The coal, many during the last war, not when smoked more capricious gasifiers were abandoned. The mills of the goodness and Trabuc stopped in the same years. The ancient chestnut groves were decimated by disease in the sixties.
(From walking tours conducted by the association "Friends of the Valley Roach Mial)
Administration
| Period | Identity | Label | Quality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | Gilbert Rouanet | |||
| All data are not yet known. | ||||
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