In Frouzins (south-west of Toulouse), a play in Occitan this evening at 8 p.m. at the Latapie village hall (it's free and what's more, the play is surtitled in French): farewell-siatz Géraud Delbès!
Goodbye! This morning, I tell you the story of Frosins (in Occitan, it is pronounced Frosins). This morning, we will discover together the history of Frouzins, fifteen kilometers southwest of Toulouse. Initially, the commune is not called Frosins but Fros. However, in an administrative text dating from 1505, it is the name Frosins that appears. Frouzins would mean the fruits (I use the conditional), in any case, not in Occitan (we say rather the fruta / the hruta). But you know, it is said that there is a legend in Frosins.
What legend? Tell us:
This is the story of Saint-Germier, the patron of Frouzins and bishop of Tolosa (and also bishop of Toulouse): he will perform a miracle. Chò, escolatz: Saint Germier will cross Frouzins by the path located near the cemetery, and immediately, flowers will grow on his path. Note that a chapel / una capèra dedicated to Saint Germier is located precisely in the center of the cemetery (and then, there is the Saint Germier de Frouzins church). That's it, it says tanben quaucòm mes / but we also tell another hypothesis on the origin of the name Frouzins: this name could be explained by the abundance of fruits due to the fertility of the soil. Benlèu / maybe…
And it seems that there was once a train in Frouzins?
This is what Guy Fauré, former municipal councilor of the commune, will tell: in 2 books that he will publish, I learned that I had a trip of vapor. Aqueth train stopped at Frosins / we learned that a steam train once stopped at Frouzins. Frouzins is then located on the Tolosa-Sent Somplesi / Toulouse-Saint Sulpice sur Lèze line (a very convenient means of transport at the time). This line is operated by the South West Railway Company. In 1936, there were four hundred kilometers of railway lines in Hauta-Garonne / in 1936, there were at that time in Haute-Garonne, more than 400 km of railway lines.
