Cabriès
Cabriès is a commune with 8800 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the department of Bouches -du -Rhône in the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.
Geography
Cabriès is located fifteen kilometers south of Aix -en- Provence. Neighboring towns are Gardanne in ten, Bouc -Bel-Air in Les Pennes -Mirabeau six and seven miles away. The municipality is part of the Communauté d' agglomération du Pays d' Aix.
Cabriès consists of three main districts, to exist some evacuations: In addition to the nucleus Cabriès Calas is another important village of the municipality. To this end, the district Plan de Campagne part of the community.
The neighboring communities of Cabriès are Aix -en- Provence in the north, Bouc -Bel-Air in the east, Septèmes -les- Vallon in the south, Les Pennes -Mirabeau in the southwest and Vitrolles in the West.
About the A51 the community at Marseille and Aix -en- Provence is attached.
History
The town's name probably derives from cabre on what is the Provencal word for goat. Until the last century in the village of great herds of goats were kept. In the 9th and 10th centuries it was known as Castrum de Cabriera, then from 1098 Caprario, from 1204 Cabrer and he finally received its present name. The Ligurians settled on the current municipal area, as well as later the Celts. The Romans settled here, like finds evidence. In Calas there was an important junction of the Via Aurelia. As in the 5th century began the migration of peoples, the people settled in the mountains. There, a castle was built in the 9th century. The village in the plane was surrounded by high walls in the Middle Ages. In 1098 the Abbey of Saint -Victor in Marseille owner of the church in the village was. During the period leading up to the French Revolution was the place held by various masters. Although Cabriès suffered from the wars of religion, but remained of the plague in 1720 spared. 1944 was located near Cabriès a camp of the U.S. Army. 1976 the municipality bought the castle that had belonged to an artist since 1934.
Culture and sights
- Castle from the 9th century
- Castle chapel from the 18th century
- Church of Calas from the 19th century
- Castle Trébillanne from the 12th century