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'''CRÉQUY'''
'''CRÉQUY'''


Département : [[Pas-de-Calais]]
Département: [[Pas-de-Calais]]


[[File:crequy.jpg|center]]
[[File:crequy.jpg|center|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
====Origin/meaning====
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[[Literature]] : Bréemersch et al., 1996
{| class="wikitable"
|+Official blazon
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|'''French'''
| D'or au créquier de gueules.
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|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
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===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially adopted on October 17, 1995.
 
The arms are those of the family De Créquy. This family, now extinct, is known from the 10th century as an important family in the region. They took their name from this village which owes its name to the blackthorns, or wild plum trees (créquiers or crétcheus in Picard) abundant in the hedges which surround it, and which gave the name to this typical charge which resembles a candlestick, like a seven-leaf tree.
 
===Image gallery===
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File:Créquy1895.jpg|alt=Blason de Créquy/Arms (crest) of Créquy|The arms in a publication from 1895
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Bréemersch et al., 1996


[[Category:French Municipalities C|Crequy]]
[[Category:French Municipalities C|Crequy]]
[[Category:Pas-de-Calais|Crequy]]
[[Category:Pas-de-Calais|Crequy]]
[[Category:Granted 1995|Crequy]]

Latest revision as of 08:02, 11 August 2024

CRÉQUY

Département: Pas-de-Calais

Blason de Créquy/Arms (crest) of Créquy
Official blazon
French D'or au créquier de gueules.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on October 17, 1995.

The arms are those of the family De Créquy. This family, now extinct, is known from the 10th century as an important family in the region. They took their name from this village which owes its name to the blackthorns, or wild plum trees (créquiers or crétcheus in Picard) abundant in the hedges which surround it, and which gave the name to this typical charge which resembles a candlestick, like a seven-leaf tree.

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Literature: Bréemersch et al., 1996