
The Vaudois' re-populated the villages and a new habitat was developed. This village was formed from a bastide, at the time of the refoundation of Peypin (1506). It is obviously a patronym, François Roux, head of the Vaudois family, leaving Piedmont to settle in Peypin. A part of this family settled in Estagnol des Roux (the current Mas de l'Etang), "estagnol" meaning "small pond" in Provençal. Do not look for it, the pond was dried up in the 17th century.