150 YEARS :SAURY COOPERAGE, SINCE 1873 – Origins
When François Cabrié founded the first cooperage, the town of Rieux-Minervois had 1771 inhabitants divided into 537 households. According to the 1872 population census, each of 537 heads of household had a profession. Of these, 38 were coopers (4 master coopers, 22 coopers and 12 coopers’ workers), i.e. around 7% of heads of household, to […]