It was at the end of the 19th century that salt production, which had traditionally been a local, small-scale activity, took on an industrial dimension. Twenty thousand hectares of lagoon were progressively developed, i.e. some 15% of the delta. The Giraud salt works, near the mouth of the Grand Rhône, covers 11,000 hectares and produces various compounds for use by the chemical industry, including 800,000 tonnes of sodium chloride a year. The Aigues-Mortes salt works, to the west of the Petit Rhône, occupies 10,000 hectares, and produces salt for culinary uses – 450,000 tonnes a year. These salt works employ members of immigrant communities who have settled in Salin-de-Giraud. Production is in the hands of the Salins industrial group.
"Camelles" of sea salt
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