L'Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue

L'Isle-sur-la-sorgue is the French Venise. The town is set around and on the stream "la Sorgue".  

The waters of this stream fournished the moving forces and natural source of energy for numerous factories and industries.  The waters were most probably first used for wheat mills. Then, in the thirteenth century, textile factories used the mills to weave comforters.  

Towards the middle of the 19th century, there were 17 silk and wool factories were very active and employed 297 workers.