{"id":242408,"date":"2022-12-27T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/?page_id=242408"},"modified":"2024-11-12T17:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:00:23","slug":"salt-production-and-industrial-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt production and industrial history"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ancienne<\/a>
© C. Naudot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

White gold of the Camargue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On these lands beaten by the wind, the sea offers an inexhaustible resource: salt. It has been exploited for food conservation since ancient times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of the industrial era, two entrepreneurs profited from this white gold. In 1855, Henry Merle transformed the marshes into saltworks and synthesized salt into soda to supply the soap makers of Marseille. In 1891, a Belgian industrialist, Ernest Solvay, set up a soda-ash factory nearby, using a secret production process. Since then, the two salt companies P\u00e9chiney and Solvay have been developing housing, working, leisure, education and care facilities to permanently establish their employees in this somewhat remote part of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1968, the Compagnie des Salins du Midi bought P\u00e9chiney and gradually extended the operating area to the west. Major development works transformed the sansou\u00efres <\/em>and lagoons of Beauduc, Rascaillan, Galabert and Fangassier. Powered by the Beauduc waterworks, these improvements will allow the Compagnie des Salins du Midi to increase its annual production to one million tons of sea salt.<\/p>\n\n\n

\"Vue<\/a>
© C. Naudot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
\"Camelle<\/a>
© J.-P. B.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Engin<\/a>
© D. Lazin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Vue<\/a>
© J.-E. Roche<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A working class town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The salt harvest is a grueling job that requires a big workforce. In no time, local workers coming from the Gard and the Loz\u00e8re were not enough. When the Great War broke out, the State called on Italians, Russians, Armenians and Greeks to compensate for the absence of locals who had left to fight: The salt industry employed up to 1000 workers. This is how a town and two working-class quarters were born, separated by a moor where the bulls grazed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A town out of the ordinary with the looks of a mining village. A working class town built by industrialists. A pure product of social utopias of the 19th century. Eight rows of 100-meter long brick houses, identical to those of the mining cities of the north, facing the houses of foremen and engineers. When the workers were promoted, they earned the right to move to a more comfortable home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Photo<\/a>
© C. Naudot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Kiosque<\/a>
© C. Naudot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Photo<\/a>
© C. Naudot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n \n

A narrated visit<\/h2>\n \n

<\/p>\n

Discover the history and architecture of this working town thanks to local storytellers who will take you on a special and immersive stroll through town. This initiative is led by the Camargue Regional Natural Park with a group of local volunteers and tourism professionals.<\/p>\n

Wednesdays and Sundays at 10am or upon request. 10\u20ac\/pers. (Free under 12) – Group rate on demand. Booking: 06 76 82 57 12 or 06 32 19 08 37<\/p>\n

Nearby, the Domaine de la Palissade<\/em> offers visits and nature animations. Starting April 1st every year, you can also discover the site on horseback or by kayak.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/div> \n\n

\n Discover the brochure for your visit<\/a> \n \n <\/div>\n \n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discovering the village of Salin-de-Giraud is like reliving the history of the salt industry and its workers who came from all over the world. Located 40 kilometers south of Arles, in the heart of the Camargue Regional Natural Park, this former working-class town with its mining town-like appearance of northern France clearly stands out from the landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240033,"parent":221767,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-242408","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSalt production and industrial history - Destination Camargue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salt production and industrial history - Destination Camargue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discovering the village of Salin-de-Giraud is like reliving the history of the salt industry and its workers who came from all over the world. Located 40 kilometers south of Arles, in the heart of the Camargue Regional Natural Park, this former working-class town with its mining town-like appearance of northern France clearly stands out from the landscape.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Destination Camargue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-12T17:00:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/salins-du-midi-technique-du-contre-sel-bd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1165\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/\",\"name\":\"Salt production and industrial history - Destination Camargue\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/salins-du-midi-technique-du-contre-sel-bd.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-27T12:49:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-12T17:00:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/salins-du-midi-technique-du-contre-sel-bd.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/salins-du-midi-technique-du-contre-sel-bd.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1165,\"caption\":\"Salins du midi et la technique du sel contre sel\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Life-size Provence\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Salt production and industrial history\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Destination Camargue\",\"description\":\"La Camargue, naturellement humaine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Salt production and industrial history - Destination Camargue","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Salt production and industrial history - Destination Camargue","og_description":"Discovering the village of Salin-de-Giraud is like reliving the history of the salt industry and its workers who came from all over the world. Located 40 kilometers south of Arles, in the heart of the Camargue Regional Natural Park, this former working-class town with its mining town-like appearance of northern France clearly stands out from the landscape.","og_url":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/","og_site_name":"Destination Camargue","article_modified_time":"2024-11-12T17:00:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1165,"url":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/salins-du-midi-technique-du-contre-sel-bd.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/","url":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/","name":"Salt production and industrial history - Destination Camargue","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/salins-du-midi-technique-du-contre-sel-bd.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-27T12:49:43+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-12T17:00:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/salins-du-midi-technique-du-contre-sel-bd.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/salins-du-midi-technique-du-contre-sel-bd.jpg","width":1920,"height":1165,"caption":"Salins du midi et la technique du sel contre sel"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/salt-production-and-industrial-history\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Life-size Provence","item":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/life-size-provence\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Salt production and industrial history"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/","name":"Destination Camargue","description":"La Camargue, naturellement humaine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242463,"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242408\/revisions\/242463"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}