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Jassuda Bédarrides
Jassuda Bédarrides (2 April 1804 – 4 February 1882) was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1848 to 1849. As such, he was the first Jewish Mayor of this city. Biography Early life Jassuda Bédarrides was born in a Jewish family on April 2, 1804, in Aix-en-Provence.Charles Cohen, ''Les Grandes Figures du barreau d'Aix-en-Provence'', Paris: Société des Écrivains, 2004, p. 154. He had a brother, Salomon Bédarrides, who went on to serve as the mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1877 to 1884. He also had a sister, Précieuse Bédarrides, who married Abraham Abram, a Jewish businessman from Marseille; their son, Benjamin Abram (1846-1938), went on to serve as the mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1888 to 1896. Career He started his career as a lawyer, becoming the first Jewish lawyer in Aix-en-Provence.''L'Univers israélite: journal des principes conservateurs du judaisme'', 1832, p. 40/ref> He wrote several books about jurisprudence. He also s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The population of Aix-en-Provence is approximately 145,000. Its inhabitants are called ''Aixois'' or, less commonly, ''Aquisextains''. History Aix (''Aquae Sextiae'') was founded in 123 BC by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus, who gave his name to its springs, following the destruction of the nearby Gallic oppidum at Entremont. In 102 BC its vicinity was the scene of the Battle of Aquae Sextiae, where the Romans under Gaius Marius defeated the Ambrones and Teutones, with mass suicides among the captured women, which passed into Roman legends of Germani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Aude
Antoine Aude (1799–1870) was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1835 to 1848. Biography Early life Antoine Aude was born on January 17, 1799, in Aix-en-Provence. His father, Antoine-Laurent-Michel Aude, was a lawyer at the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence before the French Revolution, then a Professor of Law, and he worked for the city council during the Revolution.Henri Barré, ''Les Bouches-du-Rhône : 11 : Encyclopédie départementale : Biographies'', Marseille: Paul Masson, 1913, p. 31 He studied the Law alongside François-Auguste Mignet (1796-1884) and Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877). Career He started his career as a lawyer in Aix. He decided to embark upon a career in politics. He served as an advisor to the Mayor, Joseph Chambaud, during the cholera epidemic of 1835. He went on to serve as the mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1835 to 1848. During his tenure, he brought gas lighting to the town, commissioned the construction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century French Lawyers
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish French Politicians
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Mayors Of Aix-en-Provence
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 Deaths
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1804 Births
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Michel Toussaint
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List Of Mayors Of Aix-en-Provence
The following is a list of mayors of Aix-en-Provence, France. {, class="wikitable" , + List of mayors of Aix-en-Provence ! Term !! Name , - , 1790 , , Jean Espariat , - , 1790 , , Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David , - , 1791 , , Jean Espariat , - , 1792 , , Laurent Elzéar Perrin , - , 1793 , , Mériaud , - , 1793 , , J. L. Émeric , - , 1796 , , Laurin , - , 1797 , , Reverdit , - , 1798 , , J. L. Émeric , - , 1798 , , Brignon , - , 1799 , , Orcel , - , 1800 , , Brignon , - , 1802 , , François Sallier , - , 1806 , , Antoine Alexis , - , 1806 , , Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis , - , 1808 , , Alexandre de Fauris de Saint-Vincens , - , 1809 , , Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis , - , 1811 , , Jean-Baptiste Paul Gras , - , 1815 , , Joseph Dubreuil , - , 1815 , , Jean-Baptiste Paul Gras , - , 1815 , , Gaston d'Olivary , - , 1816 , , Louis d'Estienne du Bourguet , - , 1830 , , Joseph Chambaud , - , 1830 , , Ambroise Mottet , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its Seat (legal entity), seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander (order), Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' (Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all of the French Order of chivalry, orders of chivalry were abolished and replaced with Weapons of Honour. It was the wish of Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Consulate, First Consul, to create a reward to commend c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salomon Bédarrides
Salomon Bédarrides (1809–1886) was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1877 to 1884. Biography Early life Salomon Bédarrides was born in a Jewish family on 18 February 1809 in Aix-en-Provence. His brother, Jassuda Bédarrides (1804-1882), served as the mayor of Aix from 1858 to 1859. Career He started his career as a lawyer in Aix. A supporter of the Republic, he decided to follow in his brother's footsteps and embark upon a career in politics. He was left-wing, and a Freemason. He was elected to the town council in 1870. He served as the mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1877 to 1884. As such, he was the second Jewish Mayor of this city, the first being his brother. One of his first decisions, taken on 8 November 1876, was to rename the Cours Mirabeau as such. He reduced the debt the town has incurred and purchased more books for the public library. He commissioned the destruction of the ''Rue des Cardeurs'' and vowed to improve the liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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