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	BOOM Country : Belgium Province : Antwerpen Incorporated into : 1976 Bekegem 1976 Eernegem Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.0870000000000032969182939268648624420166015625,"lon":4.36699999999999999289457264239899814128875732421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1842) Eenen zilveren schild met de H. Maegd Maria naer het leven, regt staende tegen eenen groenen eyk, en gekleed met een blauw kleed, bezaeyd met gulden sterren, alles van goud. (1987) In zilver een gekroonde Onze-Lieve-Vrouw met kind Jezus en scepter van natuurlijke kleur, haar mantel van lazuur bezaaid met sterren van goud, staande voor een eik van sinopel op een zwevende grasgrond.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on February 14, 1842 and again on September 3, 1987.

The arms are a combination of the patron saint (St. Mary) with a canting tree (Boom in Dutch). The combination also appeared already on the seal of the local council from 1645.