In 1802, Nicolas Crochard set up as a printer and bookseller in Paris in association with Pierre-Antoine-Louis Allut. In 1804, Crochard continued the business on his own and from 1807, he specialised in scientific and medical publishing.
Monte-Cristo není jen mstitel, ale skutečný hornatý ostrov (spíš jen skalisko) ve Středozemním moři (kousek od Elby), který Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), autor románu o mstícím se hraběti, neznal pouze z map, ale osobně ho navštívil.
Traditionally it has been an agricultural and wine-producing community but it now also has a number of new industries and employers who benefit from excellent road connections to the north of France as well as to Spain and Italy.