Mégrine

Mégrine (Arabic: مقرين) is a town and commune in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia.

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Mégrine
Commune and town


Country	Tunisia
Governorate	Ben Arous Governorate
Population (2022)
• Total	27,960
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

It has the head office of Monoprix, Tunisia.^[1]

History

Mégrine was established following the subdivision of the Mégrine estate, an agricultural and viticultural operation managed by the Société Anonyme du Domaine de Mégrine.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Count Foy, one of the representatives of the company, oversaw the continuation of the estate's operations until 1924, when, facing financial ruin, the estate was put up for sale. A group of Italians made purchase offers, which the Count accepted. However, the Tunisian state—through the Department of Agriculture— rejected the offers and acquired the estate in 1924.^[2]

The estate was then sold off in parcels: first as suburban lots intended for agricultural use starting in 1925, followed by urban and garden lots on other parts of the estate. These later formed the center of Mégrine and were eventually known as Mégrine-Coteaux. Workers from the estate settled near the lake. This area gradually developed with the arrival of settlers and the demographic growth of Tunis. It became one of the oldest inhabited parts of Mégrine and was later designated as District No. 1, renamed Cité Chaker after independence.^[3]^[4]

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