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'''BOUSSU''' | '''BOUSSU''' | ||
Province : [[Hainaut]]<br/> | Province : [[Hainaut]]<br/> | ||
Additions : 1977 [[Hornu]] | Additions: 1977 [[Hornu]] | ||
[[File:boussu.jpg|center]] | [[File:boussu.jpg|center|Armoiries de {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
*(1913) De gueules à la bande d'or, l'écu surmonté d'une couronne à douze perles. | *(1913) De gueules à la bande d'or, l'écu surmonté d'une couronne à douze perles. | ||
*(1987) 2 écus: à dextre: de gueules à la bande d'or, l'écu surmonté d'une couronne à douze perles posdes sur le cercle; à senestre: parti: à dextre, coupé: au premier d'or à l'aigle bicéphale de sable, au second, écartelé aux 1 e t4 de gueules à deux bars adossés d'argent, aux 2 et 3 d'argent à un buste d'homme de gueules: à senestre, d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or dans un treillissé d'argent; 1'écu sommé d'une mitre d'or posée sur une crosse du même, le crosseron dirigé à senestre. | *(1987) 2 écus: à dextre: de gueules à la bande d'or, l'écu surmonté d'une couronne à douze perles posdes sur le cercle; à senestre: parti: à dextre, coupé: au premier d'or à l'aigle bicéphale de sable, au second, écartelé aux 1 e t4 de gueules à deux bars adossés d'argent, aux 2 et 3 d'argent à un buste d'homme de gueules: à senestre, d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or dans un treillissé d'argent; 1'écu sommé d'une mitre d'or posée sur une crosse du même, le crosseron dirigé à senestre. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on May 19, 1913 and again on March 9, 1987. | The arms were granted on May 19, 1913 and again on March 9, 1987. | ||
The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the village, known since 1574. The seal showed a shield with a bend. The shield is the coat of arms from the Hennin-Liétard family. The family acquired the estate of Boussu around 1200 and the family remained in possession of Boussu until 1804. | The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the village, known since 1574. The seal showed a shield with a bend. The shield is the coat of arms from the Hennin-Liétard family. The family acquired the estate of Boussu around 1200 and the family remained in possession of Boussu until 1804. | ||
After | After the merger the arms were agmented with a second shield for Hornu. This shield shows the arms of the Saint-Ghislain abbey, to which the village belonged until the end of the 16th century, combined with the arms of Abbot Hazart, which gave the village its own council in 1590. | ||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:boussu1.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms from 1913 | |align="center"|[[File:boussu1.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms from 1913 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:boussu.hagbe.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |align="center"|[[File:boussu.hagbe.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:boussu.pol.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|275 px]] <br/>The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | |||
|} | |} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | |||
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[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms B]] | [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms B]] | ||