Cadolive

Cadolive is a common French of 2087 inhabitants (1999), located in the department of the Rhone delta and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure. It is located at the Eastern end of the Solid mass of Star between Peypin and Saint-Savournin.





Geographical location and Climate

The totality of the territory of the commune extends on 418 hectares around the Solid mass from Star with like culminating point with 645m, the Julien Mount. An important part of the territory, located on the Southern side is uninhabited.
The commune extends on close to 1800m to Is in West (German Well in extreme cases of the zone of activity of Valdonne) and on 5000m of South-east in the North-West (of the Beam of the Eagle in extreme cases of the Valentine).
In spite of its proximity with Marseilles (a few kilometers as the crow flies), Cadolive has a harder climate the winter. It is not rare to have negative temperatures. Snow is not either exceptional there.

The surrounding communes are:

The commune is made up of the following districts:

  • the center village, crossed by D7 which connects Saint-Savournin to Peypin.
  • the Ortolan bunting, in the North-East, towards Saint-Savournin.
  • the Pie, opposite the White Collet (commune of Saint-Savournin).
  • Sing-Cuckoo, under the village in North.
  • Reyne, under the village in the North-West.
  • Saint-Joseph, all in North, close to the zone of activity of Valdonne.
In spite of their proximity with Cadolive, the hamlet the New Inn located right lower part the village, the district Beautiful-Air at the South-eastern exit of the village or the zone of activity of Valdonne belong to the commune of Peypin.

Population

History

The history of Cadolive is closely dependant with that of Saint-Savournin: until in 1900, Cadolive is only one hamlet of Saint-Savournin. To refer to Saint-Savournin for:
  • History of the Neolithic era to the 18th siècle.
  • Mines
As a hamlet, Cadolive enjoyed already a relative autonomy with its school, its church, its post office and its cemetery:
  • the church, initially vault of help built in 1851 was set up as a priory as of 1854. It is reserved for Saint-Lazare. Its bell-tower is surmounted by an original bell-tower. The clock was replaced in 1908.
  • the water of the fountain feeds the drinking water village since 1867 according to a medium flow of 15 liters at the minute.
  • the post office opens in 1894.
  • the same year, the first laundrette is built.
  • a private school reserved to the girls opens its doors as of 1879, but it will be necessary to await 1895 to see to open the public school.
It is as at that time as the circle of the Future and the philharmonic company are created.
It is finally on March 15th 1900, following many dissensions with the chief town, that Cadolive made scission.
In 1902, Albert Armand, owner of the mines of Valdonne and first mayor of common make build with its expenses an imposing Town hall. The same year, a dispensary east creates behind the town hall to look after the minors or to help the mothers with accoucher.
From June 1909, the village obtains a public electric lighting, ensured by sixteen lamps of ten candles each one. in 1911, are built Latrine S (public ancestors of the WC) and one buys tubs (small buckets for the evacuation of the excreta)].
Like all the villages in the neighborhoods, Cadolive is animated of a strong mining tradition. The first mayor, the Armand account is with the head of the company of the mines. The Armand well (located on the commune of Peypin) opens in 1891 and knows a strong activity during and after Second world war. It closes definitively in 1954. It was filled hydraulic ashes coming from the Thermo plant of Gardanne.

Etymology & Armorial bearings

The origin of the name of Cadolive comes from a transformation of patronym: in 1654 appears the name of Mario Olino in the parochial registers of Saint-Savournin, written Ollino in 1674. Then, the name is francized in Olline in 1680 to become Olive in 1744. Between 1702 and 1766, many family members " Ollive" lived around current Cadolive. " Enco d' Ollive" , of of Provence Enco which means property became by Codolive contraction. At the 19th century, by Codolive error was transformed into Cadolive, that the use retained to indicate this hamlet of Saint-Savournin before becoming the commune of Cadolive in 1900.
And the commune takes then for currency Cado oulivo Venn has Ben , which means: Each olive succeeds well!
The inhabitants are called Cadolivains and Cadolivaines.
The armorial bearings of the village represents a bit of olive-tree, surmounted by the currency of the village.

Famous personalities

Sources

  • Monograph of Saint-Savournin by Yves Besson (1995), available to the library of Saint-Savournin.
  • Cadolive at the good old day by Roselyne & Jean-Paul Bonnefoy. Editions A. Barthélémy, Avignon, available to the library of Saint-Savournin
This article was written with the assistance of the contained informations in these two books.

See too

Saint-Savournin
the Valentine

Photograph gallery

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