Mouans-Sartoux

Mouans -Sartoux ( Provence - Moans Sarto ) is a commune with 10,274 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Alpes -Maritimes and the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur region. Its inhabitants are called Mouansois.

Geography

Mouans -Sartoux is in the Vallee grassoise between Cannes (twelve kilometers ) and Grasse ( eight kilometers ) in the immediate neighborhood of Mougins.

History

Mouans Sartoux and were originally two separate communities: Mouans in the plane and Sartoux on a hill called Castellaras.

1199 settled the Cistercian Abbot of Notre- Dame-des- Prés in Sartoux.

Against 1350, the two towns, like many others of the area were abandoned because of the plague risk.

1496 was Pierre de Grasse with sixty families in the area of ​​Genoa and populated the area again.

Municipalities and Sartoux Mouans were by imperial decree of March 28, 1858, signed by Napoleon III. , Joined to the municipality Mouans -Sartoux.

Demographics

The population figures in Mouans- Sartoux have been collected since 1793. According to the census of Insee from 2007 Mouans -Sartoux counted 10,331 inhabitants - previous peak - which represented an increase of 16 % compared to the 1999 survey.

Culture and sights

L' espace de l'Art Concret ( space of concrete art ) is one of Gottfried Honegger, founded in 1990 project, which has since 2004 a museum building, are shown in the works of art direction Concrete Art.

Economy

It is a community with a rural tradition, the economy of Mouans -Sartoux was a long time focused on agriculture (wine and olives). The sericulture was one of the economic activities in Mouans. In a land of 18th century 1738 mulberry trees are listed in various districts. Silkworm rearing was carried out until the 1940s.

Later perfume plants such as jasmine and roses were grown. There are still some fields of flowers in the Tour de Laure, an observation tower for the detection of forest fires.