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Chutes-Lavie, 13004 MarseilleThe origin of the name of the district comes from an entrepreneur named Léon Lavie, who operated flour mills and mills in the area. The falls of Mr. Léon Lavie, engineer born in Constantine on September 4, 1841.
He began his activity in his hometown by setting up flour mills there using hydraulic power. The arrival of water from the Durance will attract Léon Lavie to Marseille in 1878.
In 1882, he rented the Briolle mill on the former Forestat property in Saint-Marcel, on the Huveaune. Innovative and enterprising, he perfected the tools of the mill by introducing new milling processes, with a steam engine which considerably increased output, tripling production.
At that time, the arrival of the canal seduced him, he bought a large piece of land in Saint-Just, and took out a concession for the supply of water. He built a series of mills on the slope of the hill. The fairly steep gradient produces a very powerful driving force.
The company is flourishing and Mr. Lavie rents to other manufacturers the buildings where other flour mills such as Moricelly, Olive, Caire, Magaud and the Verminik oil mills and the Guieu mill which processed corn are set up.
Les Chutes Lavie, is an emblematic district of water in Marseille with in particular the Tore, Pavilion of the Watershed.
At the last census, the district had 8 inhabitants. It is the least populated of the 769th arrondissement. It is also one of the districts of Marseille with the highest proportion of inhabitants over 4 years old.
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