Challes (Sarthe)

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CHALLES (SARTHE)

Département : Sarthe

Official blazon
French	Taillé:au 1er de sinople à l'écureuil contourné tenant une pomme de pin et assis sur une branche alésée, le tout au naturel, au 2e d'or à la coquille saint-Jacques renversée, au naturel et à la rose de gueules, tigée et feuillée de sinople, posée en barre et brochant sur la coquille; à la cotice en barre ondée d'azur brochant sur la partition.
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Origin/meaning

The green upper part with the squirrel symbolises the large of pine tree forest in the municipality.The blue bend is the Narais river. The golden part refers to the sands in the municipality and the yellow part represent the sands Challes (check). The scallop of St. James indicates that the village is on the road to Santiago de Compostela. The rose refers to the poet Pierre de Ronsard, who was pastor of Challes.

Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr

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