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DOTTIGNIES (DOTTENIJS)

Province : Hainaut
Incorporated into : 1977 Mouscron

Official blazon

Ecartelé: au 1 et au 4 d'azur au chevron d'argent accompagné en chef de deux étoiles d'or; aux 2 et 3 de gueules à une tour crénelée d'argent surmontée d'une aigle de sable tenant dans sa griffe dextre une couronne d'or; l'écu timbré d'une couronne de trois perles séparées par deux pointes et supporté par deux lévriers d'argent colletés de gueules bordés et bouclés d'or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 31, 1932.

The arms are a combination of the arms of two families; the chevron and the stars from the Bertout family, and the tower with the eagle from the Carillo family. In the early 18th century Alexandre Bertout de Carillo, Lord of Dottignies was promote dto the rank of Viscount. The crown on the arms is the crown used by Belgian viscounts and the two greyhound supporters are also taken from the family arms. The arms were first used on the seal of the village known since 1776.