Éguilles (; )The most probable Occitan name is Agulha but, according to other sources, it may be ''Aguilha''. is a commune in the

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department in southern

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. It is halfway between Saint-Cannat and

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History

Tracks of an early settlement dating back to the 3rd century BC have been found. However, it appears that in 124BC those tracks were destroyed.Eguilles Village France Provence Bouches du Rhone 13
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and

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, and the Castle was destroyed. In 1790 there were 180 inhabitants, mostly shepherds. In the 19th century many inhabitants left owing to the

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. By 1936 there were only 730 inhabitants.

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* Jean Joseph Marius Diouloufet, Provençal writer, was born in Eguilles on 19 September 1771.

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