Toulouse: Raynal district
Raynal is a name that comes from Occitan Rainel. In English, Raynal is written RAYNAL. In lenga nostrathe letter Y does not exist, suddenly Rainel is written with an I. Alavetz, question for you other than our escotatz: sabètz de qué vòl dire Rainal? Yes, do you know the meaning of the word rainy in Occitan? Responsa brave mond: lo rainal, it’s the fox. So, can we imagine that lots of foxes once roamed this Toulouse district? Well no, not brica! Ewell no, not at all!
Rainal is an ostal name!
Raynal is a family name! It’s someone’s name. At the end of the XVII century / at the end of the 17th century, Bernard Raynal owned an estate of two houses / ostal backs. A single apuèi / a hundred years later, Guillaume Raynal enlarged the estate. Ven alavetz a pages / Guillaume Raynal then becomes the wealthiest landlord in the district. It is for this reason that this surname will become a place name. Thus, will be born the Raynal district. Cal say that es tanben lo name of a camin in Tolosa.
Raynal is also the name of a path in Toulouse:
Lo camin Rainal va de Crotz Daurada dusca a las vias del camin de fèrre / Chemin Raynal goes from Croix-Daurade to the SNCF tracks. Raynal is also the story of a station. Remember that before building the Rainal station, I aviá tot plen d’ortalans / before the construction of the Raynal station, there were plenty of market gardeners. The Raynal district is changing. Houses were destroyed along the Avenue de Lyon. As part of the Grand Matabiau Quais d’Oc project, 13,000 m² of offices will be integrated at the intersection of the future rue Raynal and chemin de Raisin.