Saint-Martin-de-Crau

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SAINT-MARTIN-DE-CRAU

Département : Bouches-du-Rhône

Official blazon

Coupé: au 1er d'azur aux trois rayons d'or en barre mouvant du chef à senestre et s 'évasant vers la pointe, à la cape de berger d'argent suspendue en chef au premier et brochant sur les autres, au 2e de gueules au mouton paissant d'argent. |- |English | No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |}

Origin/meaning

The upper part refers to the legend of the shepherd who confessed to the murder of a wagtail in the song "III de Mirèio' by Frédéric Mistral, the lower part recalls that the main activity is sheep breeding.