Le Moulin de Villevieille

An oil mill founded in 1929 in Sommières (Gard) The cooperative oil mill of Sommières called “Moulin de Villevieille” was founded in 1929. For three-quarters of a century it has been a shrine of the iconic olive of the Gard department, the Picholine. Located between the Cévennes hills and the Camargue, the mill was one of the biggest in France. At the height of its activity, the mill cooperative had a membership of nearly 1000 olive-growers and pressed over 1000 tonnes of olives, producing 150,000 to 200,000 litres of oil which was then...