Trèbes that you pronounce in Occitan Trebes. Alavetz, res es not sure about the origin of the name Trebes / then, nothing is certain concerning the origin of the name Trèbes. Some specialists will say that Trèbes comes from Tricessinum. Name that may have existed in the form Ad Tricesinum signifying the site of the 30th milestone of the granda via romana between Narbona and Tolosa / on the great Roman road between Narbonne and Toulouse. Mas ia quicòm que truca / but problem, it represents about a distance of 43 km to terminal N°1: it could not therefore be in Trèbes.
Alara, another origin?
Çò segur, sabèm que Trebes se sonava Tresmals in 1110 / what is certain is that we know that in 1110, Trèbes was called Tresmals. Tresmals which would come from Latin and which would mean very gas / three fords. These three fords will be replaced by three bridges that allow you to enter Trèbes. But then the question arises: how did we go from Tresmals the name Trebes ? It is said that in 1220, the local authority will find the name too derogatory. Tresmals brings to mind three evils EVIL.
E qu’es aquò lo contrari de mal?
The opposite of evil is said in Occitan well / good. This is how to Tresmalsthe municipality will become Tresbens (translate as ”three goods”). Tresbens then Trebes and more recently in French Trèbes. However, the explanation of this origin remains to be taken with great care. Finally, a word about the piala: Crossing the bridge over the Aude giving access to the old village, you will find a fountain called the piala. The pialaa word attested in the dictionary of André Lagarde, translates as the drinking trough (especially in the past for horses). 5700 estates in Trebes / 5700 inhabitants in Trèbes. Farewell-siatz to all the Trébéens who listen to France Bleu Occitanie on 103.8.