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From Revolution to Industrial Revolution

From the 15^th century, Uzès produced woollen twill and cloth, then stockings and finally silk, until mulberry tree disease deprived the town of its textile industry, which gave work to 2000 people. This decline took the town with it, despite the development of the pottery industry and the liquorice factory at the end of the 19^th century. Building the railway station outside the town only served to reinforce this isolation, which, paradoxically, has allowed Uzès to retain its medieval character. Uzès was a sub-prefecture from « the year VIII » to 1926.

A Nobel Prize for Uzès
Charles Gide, born in Uzès in 1847, was a teacher at the College de France and a cooperative theorist.
His nephew, André Gide (1869-1951), was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947 and tells of his holidays in Uzès in his novel « Si le grain ne meurt ».

Uzès Today

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