Mérignac derives from the Gallo-Roman word Matriniacus, name of a villarustica (countryside villa) that was the origin of today's town. Tour de Veyrines : Veyrines
Sánchez Torres Elegía Rapsódica En la Holgura de la abstrusa noche Hirundo Rustica La Ciudad del Cielo El Sollozar del Guerrero Cuando los rescoldos se volvieron
known relic of this is the Via Ausonia. Numerous finds of Roman farms (VillaRustica), settlements, like the vicus Belginum, and military structures point
farmsteads (villarustica) were scattered throughout Aargau. The largest known ones were located near Möhlin, Oberentfelden, and Zofingen (see Villarustica (Zofingen))