Mohammadia (Mascara)

Mohammadia is a city of the North-West of the Algérie, in the Wilaya of Mascara, near to Oran. Its old French name is Perrégaux.

History

colonial period

in 1838, and to push back the attacks of the emir Abdel Kader the French soldiers establish one fears close to the caravanserai which bore the name of the Perrégaux general died after a wound to the court of the seat of constantine.

April 14th 1853 it is decided following a made investigation the creation of a Village to the outlet of Habra in the plain it is the birth of the city. At this point in time starts has to flow of the family European coming mainly from Saint-Denis of Sig

In 1856 the administration on sale puts 4000 hectares of ground to distribute them to the new arrivals February 4th 1857 a ministerial decree deciding the creation of a railway line active of Algiers has Oran while passing by Perrégaux.

The construction of the stopping fergoug still gave another dimension to the new city in an embryonic state it sounded the sustainable development and the specialization of the city in agriculture. The construction of the famous stopping begins in 1865 and started in 1871 to lead to the greatest water work in Algeria of the moment

July 29th 1858, a decree signed by the emperor Napoleon III ratified the creation of the village of Perrégaux. under the supervision of the subdivision of Mascara, and taken the name of Perrégaux which counted 128 Europeans it remained attached to the commune of Saint-Denis of Sig September 30th 1870. it becomes a commune of full exercise

In 1873, Achille Fillias indicates, in his Physical and Political Géographie work of Algeria, that Perrégaux have a town hall, a gendarmerie, a church, a co-educational school and a railway station; many farms, cereals, cattle; Arab market every Thursday; - 666 inhabitants.

the fabrics hurbain develops with the increase in the number of inhabitants they is built schools and a church.

In 1876, Perrégaux become a place chief of canton and commune who counts 2100 inhabitants

in 1880. the construction of a town hall and other buildings of interest is decided public.

December 15th 1881, the stopping of the Wadi-Fergoug yields for the second time. the city is in a crisis and it 150 died more than there by drowning. November 25th 1927 the distant Barrage fergoug of less than 7 km of the city yields third once and this time the bridges are destroyed the houses ploughed up it several drownings listed. The rebuilding begins again at once to give the road links and to replug the railway. The bridge thanks to the assistance of military engineering was completed in three months.

The period of the Algerian War of liberation the Algerian inhabitants of the city take an active part in the war against French colonization among the most known moudjahiddines are the Hedjal brothers a street bears their name nowadays. Moreover several streets of the city were renamed names of combatants of the war of liberation of 1954

Period of independence

After the independence of Algeria on July 5th 1962 the city was renamed Mohammadia of the large combatant of the release Mohammed Khemisti which died under the weapons. Mohammadia was ratché at the department of Oran and since the last vadministratif cutting of 1983 the city is a place chief of will daira and a commune rataché with the Wilaya de Mascara

The majority of the French inhabitants black feet and Jews flee the city and definitively leave Algeria through the ports of Oran and Mostaganem only a negligible population remained to continue has to manage different the activity from the city such as the workshops of railroads the schools the church etc May in the 10 years which remains it did not remain less than 10 Europeans in the city although the agreements of Evian guaranteed their rights

This massive exodus of Europeans does not have stay without effect for economic prosperity of the area and the city more particularly. The city missed good competence in agricultural management what rang the knell of old of gold of the city and at the end of 30 years in the years 1990 the stopping fergoug stay drained because of the accumulation of clay in its content it could not provide any more the quantity of water sufficient for the irrigation nor even of drinking water. All the factories of conditioning of Agrume S are closed for technical digging in, export in short ceases all the plain of el will habra suffers because lack of water and the city sudden of the disastrous consequences. with the demographic explosion of the city which borders the 200.000 today inhabitant digging in the lack of outlet for the inhabitants of the city their hardly leaves the choice that of going towards immigration either towards the neighbouring cities or towards the foreigner the countries of Europe mainly France.

The cultural activity in the town of Mohammadia currently is ridiculous. Just a small house of young person who does not arrive has to contain all the young people of the cities.

The festivals celebrated by the town of Mohammadia are the festival of Oranges each January 15th of each year and sidi blèle in the cartier Graba celebrates it.

The cartiers popular of the town of Mohammadia are the cartier kouadria, bkhaitia and graba

the City by reading its armorial bearings

the secrecy of its prosperity: the plantations Oranges
water: the Fergoug stopping remained for a long time most dam of Algeria
the engine indicates that the railroads played a great part in the development of Perrégaux which in the years 1950 counted more than 30.000 inhabitants
CASTRATED NOVA is the name of the small ROMAN village which existed at this place and of which there do not remain any more ruins destroyed Probablement by the invasions vandals
the crescent and the hand of fatma: origins Musulmano-Berbero-Arabs of this place

external bonds

History of the city During the French Presence
Site devoted to Plane Perrégaulois
of the town of Perrégaux in 1957
More photographs on Perrégaux
an extract of chart of state major of 1883 centered on Perrégaux
Perrégaux the Country of the Oranges
Perrégaux on GeneaWiki
Postcards of Perrégaux
Reading of the old Blazon of the city

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