Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Cap d'Agde" in English language version.
Two young winegrower brothers, René and Paul Oltra, worked their parents' seaside vineyard. After work, they went skinny-dipping. But they weren't the only ones, as more and more bathers, especially German campers specially installed on their land, went skinny-dipping.
At the time, grape growing was in crisis. The two brothers came up with the idea of creating a naturist campsite. In 1954, René and Paul obtained authorization for the project, which, like all avant-garde projects, was tinged with skepticism. At the time, Cap d'Agde resort didn't exist.
Agde is France's leading seaside destination. This is why the commune has committed a 48.7 M€ investment project in the heart of the resort, the economic benefits of which are not yet measurable [...]
1.1.2.2.An aging population : The percentage of the population aged 60 and over rose from 34% in 2010 to 37.8% in 2015, which is higher than the percentage of the population aged 60 and over in the sample (27.1%) and in France (24.9%). This aging can be explained by the fact that by the fact that retired people represent 25% of new arrivals to the town, and that the net positive net migration. Conversely, while the employed and unemployed represent 46% of new arrivals, they also account for 56.4% of departures.
Nautical sports were available to all, due to the introduction of plastic for the construction of boats. Step by step, the coasts of France were invaded by the masses. A transformation of spontaneous and unorganized coastlines was observed. Ports de plaisance [leisure ports] were built for nautical activities, and the beaches became insufficient, overflowing and decadent. The rise of boating became the activity generating the tourist exploitation of the coast of Languedoc-Roussillon. The ports de plaisance and marinas would be the urban elements guiding the nautical activities on the French coast and causing the change in the activities in tourist resorts...
Nearly 17 million were invested by the city for the construction of the new Palais des Congrès and 4 million for the casino, operated by Barrière, and owned by the municipality.
SODEAL has already shown its effectiveness in the past, when, for example, it acquired the assets of the Pierre Barthes Tennis center in court, thus saving the company, the jobs and the international Tennis center.
SODEAL is a mixed economy company (SAEML) which is a particular form of limited company in which more than half of the share capital is held by the City of Agde. The rest of the shareholders are made up of institutional or private partners.
A semi-public company, SOGEBI, was created, with capital shared between SEBLI, the town of Agde (20% of the capital, 50,000 francs), other coastal towns and the Béziers Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This SEM is responsible for managing the fledgling port of Le Cap.
1961-1962: The Ministry of Construction and the Compagnie du Bas Rhône (CNABRL) (Lower Rhône Company) embarked on major land acquisitions, creating the "zones d'aménagement différé" (deferred development zones) in the Agde "Lano" region of large tracts of land suitable for tourist development [an insalubrious area]. In 1964, a decree was issued for the "Plan d'Urbanisme d'Intérêt Régional". In 1968, the Société d'Economie Mixte "Société d'Equipement du Biterrois et de son LIttoral" (SEBLI, an offshoot of the CDC) developed the whole of Cap d'Agde, including all types of buildings.
The "Château-vert" and the "Pergola" are authorized to operate casino games (the municipality taking up to 10% of the turnover achieved with a minimum of 250,000 F each year).
In 1976 Richelieu-Rochelongue -in the extension to the South of the marina-, but also the urbanization of Mont Saint-Martin, begins with the development of a mandatory Concerted Development Zone to define the development of these 200 hectares planned to accommodate 20,000 beds.
In fact, this perimeter includes "the Rochelongue earthworks for which no agreement has yet been reached regarding the development modalities, between the municipality, the owners concerned and the Interministerial Mission [-Mission Racine-]".
This 3rd tranche in 1980 is the project presented for the Richelieu zone. 12,877 beds are planned on 12 hectares, 10,800 m² of commercial space, a nautical complex and a body of water where Aqualand will be installed in 1984, widened and extended beaches of green spaces, a green break of 9 hectares. A minimum surface area 25 m² is defined for housing, with each housing program having to include a maximum of 33% small ones.
The action of the Interministerial Mission [-Mission Racine-] ended on December 31, 1982. That of the SEBLI officially ended on April 30, 1983, but the city renewed the SEBLI in its mission on an annual basis, because Cap d'Agde was not completed.
>Y e s t e r d a y : The commune underwent a major urban development boom after the 1960s, with the implementation of the Mission Racine and the massive urbanization of the coastline. We went from dense urbanization in the old center and Le Grau to mass collective housing in Le Cap. Individual housing in the form of "houses in the middle of the plot" then dominated urban development in the commune. Added to this is a marked phenomenon of urban sprawl and "cabanisation", which is harmful to the environment and accentuates the fragmentation of the territory.
> T o d a y : There is a risk that the three urban areas of the region will be linked up along the coastal fringe, particularly in the "champs blancs" area. Nevertheless, the problem of "cabanisation" is being addressed through local initiatives that have helped to "decabanize" certain sectors, including Rochelongue.
> Evolution over time: The commune continued to build subdivisions, with interurban areas such as the Champs Blancs the white fields are built up, Agde becomes a single urban mass, losing some of its three-faceted identity. It is also becoming a real barrier to E/O ecological exchanges within the commune, and the cost to local authorities of providing network services is becoming significant...
> Prospective development: The commune has opted to densify its future development zones, control diffuse urbanization by polarizing its territory around the three urban centers (the center, le Grau, le Cap) and encourage urban renewal. This approach maintains the Champs Blancs as a green belt and reduces service costs for the community...
on September 13, 1964, Jackie Fanjaud, member of the Agde Underwater Archaeological and Diving Research Group, discovered in the bed of the Hérault the statue of the Ephèbe, "this unique bronze considered by the scientific world as one of the most beautiful pieces of sculpture found on our territory.