Benvenguts in Moissac! We do not really know the origin of this name. Benleu / perhaps it was originally a surname, the name of an Aquitano-Roman called muscle. muscle followed by the suffix -acumwhich means the land of Muscius. Musciusacumthen the name will change to Musciusac then in Occitan Moissac and more recently in French, Moissac. Moissac, una ciutat d’aiga / Moissac, city of water, am Tarn / with the Tarn, the town is also crossed by the Canal des Deux Mers.
Question for you other than our escotatz: what is aquò una abadiá?
Una abadiá in Occitanit is an abbey. E òc brave worldMoissac hides in its historic center the oldest cloister in the world and a majestic abbey. I at tanben aquel canal bridge / there is also this very surprising canal bridge in Moissac: with the Pont Cacor, a cap d’òbra d’arquitectura amb de teulas del país de mondin e de pèiras de Carcin / an architectural masterpiece in Toulouse brick and Quercy stone. The Cacor Bridge allows the Canal des Deux Mers to span the Tarn, it is 356 meters long.
Do you know the meaning of the name Bouzigues?
Bouzigues like the Bouzigues, a hamlet of Moissac. Las bosigas en lenga nòstra, these are wastelands. The toponymy of Moissac is full of Occitan-sounding names. Andrieu Calvet los espepissèt totes / André Calvet, a resident of Moissac, has analyzed all these micro-toponyms and has even published several books. End of final, before May of 12900 estatjants in Moissac / more than 12,900 inhabitants in Moissac. Farewell-siatz als Moissagueses / to all Moissagais who listen to France Bleu Occitanie in Tarn-et-Garonne on 97.2.