Champigneulles

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CHAMPIGNEULLES

Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle

Official blazon
French	De gueules à la fasce ondée abaissée d'argent, surmontée d'une hure de sanglier d'or, défendue d'argent, adextrée d'une épée basse d'argent, garnie d'or, posée en bande et senestrée d'un râteau du même posé en barre ; au chef d'azur à l'aigle d'argent, ses serres empiétant sur un phylactère du même chargé de inscription « CARITAS PIETAS » en lettres capitales de sable, tenant dans son bec l'anneau d'or de saint Arnould; à la fleur de lis d'or brochant à la fois sur le chef et sur le champ.
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Origin/meaning

The head of a wild boar represents the forest of Haye where this animal used to be abundant but it is also a reference to the patron saint of Champigneulles, St. Aprus of Toul (St. Epvre). Aprus is derived from the Latin Aper, which means wild boar.

On the upper part of the shield is the silver eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, holding in its beak the golden ring of Saint-Arnould and in its talons a silver banner carrying the Latin words Caritas, pietas: charity and piety which sum up the life of Saint-Arnould.

Below the arms the war cross awarded to the commune of Champigneulles for the exemplary conduct of its inhabitants during the First World War.

The Latin motto "In campo, per aquam, ignem, atque sanguinem" means "In the field by water and fire and also by blood.