On Friday July 21, 1972 the first stone of the Bt18 building was laid, signifying the start of the construction of this new Lamparo district, the streets of this new city were lit up for the first time in June 1974. The history of the island of Thau, begins in the period of the thirty glorious years, after the great war of 1939 - 1945.
The island of Thau emerged in 1966 on paper by the architect-urban planner Borja Huidobro a few years before the hurricane of May 68. For the record: between 1875 and 1914, the urban population of France increased from 12 to 18 million, while the total population remains practically stable. In cities, overcrowding is becoming a scourge. In 1906, 62% of people living in towns with more than 5,000 inhabitants lived two or more people to a room. Numerous surveys then report the miserable living conditions of workers, with significant risks of spreading epidemics, tuberculosis, childhood asthma which alone cause nearly 100,000 deaths per year. For those who are going to give birth In social housing, it is also about protecting the family, the basis of society, and therefore promoting the birth rate. Because, since 1890, all analyzes show a fall in fertility, with infant mortality affecting 1 in 5 children under the age of one. On the eve of the First World War, "depopulation" was experienced as a real tragedy. national.
After the Great War it was necessary to rebuild and remedy the consequences of the 1939 - 1945 war where 500,000 homes had been destroyed, and then it was necessary to meet the needs generated by the rural exodus, the baby boom, then the reception of workers. immigrants and repatriates from Algeria.Before 1968, many Sétoise families lived in unsanitary housing (rue du general Revest, rue de la Caraussane, rue des Eaux Blanches) etc. They were emergencyly rehoused on the island of Thau in 1972.
