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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
'''Country''' : Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Province''' : <br>[[West-Vlaanderen]][[File:westvlaanderen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Additions:'''
* 1976 [[Aalbeke]]
* 1976 Bellegem
* 1976 Bissegem
* 1976 [[Heule]]
* 1976 [[Kooigem]]
* 1976 Marke
* 1976 Rollegem
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|'''Dutch'''
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* (1819) Van zilver, beladen met een roode keper en gezoomd met eene met punten uitgeronde roode band, het schild gedekt met een kroon van goud.
* (1838) Wit koleur met eenen keper van rood koleur met een getand dwarsstuk van zulke kleur, het wapen gedekt met eene gouden kroon.
* (1987) In zilver een keper en een uitgeschulpte zoom van keel. Het schild getopt met een stedekroon met vijf torens van zilver en gehouden door twee wildemannen van vleeskleur, omgord en gekroond met eikebladeren van sinopel en steunend op een knots van natuurlijke kleur.
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|'''French'''
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* (1859) D'argent au chevron de gueules à la bordure engrêlée de même, l'écu sommé d'une couronne murale à cinq tours d'argent. Pour tenants deux sauvages de carnation, ceints et couronnés de chêne, appuyés sur leur massue.
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|'''English''' 
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===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on September 15, 1819 and confirmed on May 31, 1838. The  arms were again granted with supporters on June 26, 1859 and again on July 7, 1987.  

The arms are based on the arms of the 12th century Viscounts of Kortrijk. The chevron appears for the first time on a seal of Rogier II of Kortrijk from 1197. In 1199 the chevron appears for the first time on a counter-seal of the city. <br>
Until 1309 the chevron only appeared on the counter-seals, from 1286 onward also on the main seals. The supporters appear on the seal in 1368, the mural crown in the 18th century. 

The oldest colour image dates from the end of the 15th century.

On September 15, 1819 the arms were granted without supporters and with a crown used for cities in the Netherlands at the time (see below). These arms were confirmed on May 31, 1838, after the Belgian independence. In 1858 the supporters were added again and the crown was replaced by a mural crown. These arms were confirmed in 1987,  11 years (!) after the municipal changes of 1976. This was largely due to a series of misunderstandings and bureaucratic issues both at the municipality as well as on governmental level.

===Image gallery===
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File:Kortrijk1562.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms in 1562
File:Kortrijk1650.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms in 1650
File:Kortrijk1680.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms on a token from 1680
File:Kortrijk1.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms by Hozier, 1696
File:Kortrijk1862.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms in 1862
File:kortrijk.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 
File:kortrijk2.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 
File:kortrijk.pol.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) 
File:2042.wi2.jpg|alt=Wapen van Kortrijk/Arms (crest) of Kortrijk|The arms on a Dutch [[Willem II]] cigar band
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955; Vivianne-Wouters and Warlop, 2002. 

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[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms K]]
[[Category:West-Vlaanderen]]
[[Category:Granted 1819]]
[[Category:Granted 1838]]
[[Category:Granted 1859]]
[[Category:Granted 1987]]