in the Second Battle of Kala� K�bira ( 15 September 1881) in which 180 Tunisians face 1100 French soldiers. Since the 1950s , the village is growing rapidly and becoming a municipalityon 9 January 1957 then chief town of delegation on 2 April 1979 .
Hammam Sousse is especially the hometown of former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
