THE WORKER CITY WAS ORGANIZED AROUND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE. THE INHABITANTS HAVE NOT HESITATED TO RESERVE TIME FOR FUN AND PLEASURE, IN ORDER TO FORGET THE HARDNESS OF THE DAILY WORK. IN THE VILLAGE SOLIDARITY REIGNED AND EVERYONE LEARNED TO LIVE DAY BY DAY.

The school was created in 1883 by the Career Society. First animated by nuns, it will become secular in 1923.

From the creation of the worker's city, a commissary existed providing workers and their families with what they need. Over the years, other businesses set up: grocery stores, bakeries, tobacco, hairdressers, cafes. Traders street vendors also come to offer clothes and Various objects.

From 1893, a brass band appeared at local festivals. The common room, known as the Circle, allows the workers to meet around a game of cards, bowling, of billiards. Every weekend, the Circle organized balls for all the inhabitants of the village. Evenings dances were also organized in cafes and the canteens. The carnival, the feast of Saint Barbara, the pilgrimage to Sainte-Baume and that to Sainte Roseline, the Corso enlivened the life of the quarrymen and their families.