Marcel Rainaud is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Aude

Aude

Aude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country".Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine, and mother...

 department. He is a member of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

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He entered the Senate in August 2006, following the death of Raymond Courrière. Before serving in the Senate, he had been a maths teacher by profession, and had served as a Municipal Councillor, and Mayor of the Commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 of Talairan

Talairan

Talairan is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.-Population:...

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