Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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PYRÉNÉES-ATLANTIQUES
French | Écartelé: au 1er de gueules aux chaînes d'or posées en orle, sautoir et croix, chargées en cœur d'une émeraude au naturel, au 2e d'or à deux vaches de gueules, accornées, onglées, colletées et clarinées d'azur, l'une au-dessus de l'autre, au 3e parti au I d'or au lion de gueules tenant dans sa dextre un dard posé en barre, au II d'azur à la fleur de lis d'or, au 4e de gueules au lion d'or. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms are a combination of the arms of the former territories from which the département was formed. The chains are the symbol of Navarra; the two cattle are the symbol of the Béarn.
The third quarter shows the arms of the Labourd region and the fourth quarter shows the lion of the Soule.
Literature: Image taken from La banque du blason (with permission)
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