Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs

Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs (French pronunciation: [ʁaba le tʁwɑ sɛɲœʁ]; Occitan: Ravat) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.

[clarification needed] The expression "les trois seigneurs" means in French "of the three lords".

It is a reference to a mountain called "Le pic des trois seigneurs" that close the Courbière valley in which Rabat is settled.

A legend said that every year in summer, the three lords met on the flat stone at the top of the peak and discussed together.

The inhabitants of Rabat are called Rabatols in Occitan (the historical local language) or Rabatois.

Church of Rabat as seen from the road to Bédeilhac
Church of Rabat altarpiece