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'''Country''': Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''': <br>[[Limburg (België)|Limburg]][[File:limburg2.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into:''' | |||
* 1977 [[Maaseik]] | |||
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|'''Dutch''' | |||
| Gedeeld, rechts gedwarsbalkt van goud en van keel van tien stukken, wat Loon is; links van lazuur met drie visschen van zilver faaswijs geplaatst en paalswijs gerangschikt, het schild geplaatst voor een Sint-Denijs, rechtstaand, onthoofd, bekleed met de bisschoppelijke gewaden, houdende in de rechterhand zijn niet gemijterd hoofd en in de linkerhand den naar buiten gewenden staf, alles van goud. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on February 1, 1947. | |||
The arms show the bars of the County Loon and three fish, taken from the arms of the counts of [[Chiny]], as in the 13th century Arnold van Loon became Count of Chiny. Opoeteren was historically part of the county Loon. | |||
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The supporter is the local patron saint, St. Denijs (Dionysius). | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms O]] | [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms O]] | ||
[[Category:Limburg (België)]] | [[Category:Limburg (België)]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1947]] | [[Category:Granted 1947]] |
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