| Rousset | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Rousset (13).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Aix-en-Provence |
| Canton: | Trets |
| Insee: | 13087 |
| Postal Code: | 13790 |
| Mayor: | Jean-Louis Canal[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| Coordinates: | 43.481°N 5.622°W |
| Elevation M: | 224 |
| Elevation Min M: | 196 |
| Elevation Max M: | 480 |
| Area Km2: | 19.50 |
Rousset (in French pronounced as /ʁusɛ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Rosset) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France close to Aix-en-Provence.
Although Rousset can be traced back to the Romans, the first written mention comes in a 1050 document, under the name of "Rosselun" or "roscetum rosetum".[2] In the Middle Ages, a castle as well as a church and chapels were built, as dwellings increased.[2]
In the 9th century, Rousset belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Victor,[2] then by 1143 the Knights Templar took over,[2] followed by the Knights of Malta in 1307.[2] In the 15th century, it belonged to Guillaume de Littera (1371-1452).[3]
Under the French Revolution, the castle was destroyed.[2]
The church was built in 1861.[2]
It is now home to a semiconductor fab and research center of STMicroelectronics and until 2014 also of another fab of (originally set up by Atmel)
The fourth Croix de Provence on the Montagne Sainte-Victoire was erected in 1875, on the initiative of the parish priest of Rousset, Father Meissonnier, to ward off two evils: smallpox and the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.[4]