Toulouse is the capital of the Occitanie region of France, a vast geographical area of the southwest that borders Spain and the Mediterranean Sea plus the French regions of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The city, called Tolosa, was known to the Romans, but there is evidence that it has been inhabited at least since…