Agricol Moureau

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Agricol Moureau (born 1766, Avignon - died 1842, Aix-en-Provence) was a figure in the French Revolution.[1][2]

Defrocked as a priest, he became a Jacobin and edited the Courrier d'Avignon. He set up the département of Vaucluse, acted as the French Directory's administrator of Vaucluse, became a member of the Council of Five Hundred and finally was made a commissioner of the Directory to Paris.[3] He was also public prosecutor of Avignon [4]

He was nicknamed "the Sans-culotte of Le Midi".[3]

References

  1. 1.Szajkowski, Zosa (1955). "The Comtadin Jews and the Annexation of the Papal Province by France, 1789-1791". JStor. The Jewish Quarterly Review, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 181–93. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  2. 2.De la Porte Limbert au Portail Peint, histoire et anecdotes d’un vieux quartier d’Avignon, by Marc Maynègre (1991) ISBN 2950554903
  3. 3.[3.2]"Administration départementale de Vaucluse (1793-1800)". Republique Francaise (French Archives). Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  4. 4.Soulas, Nicolas. "Revolutionner les cultures politiques: Chapter 2 Local Authorities in the Revolution (1790-1792) p. 107-163". Open Edition Books. Retrieved 30 June 2026.