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Official blazon
French	D'or à l'aigle de sable, tenant de ses serres deux colonnes de gueules brochant sur les ailes.
English	Or, an eagle displayed sable holding two columns palewise gules encroaching upon the wings

Origin/meaning

The city of Besançon received arms in 1535 by Emperor Charles V. These arms showed the double-headed Imperial Eagle, with the two colums taken from the arms of Spain and the Emperor. They also refer to the old Roman road passing through the city.

At the same time the city also was granted the motto Plus Ultra, taken from the Imperial arms, which was later changed to Utinam (roughly translated as to Please God). The motto is not officially used at present.

The double-headed eagle was rapidly reduced to a single-headed eagle afterwards.

During Napoleonic times, the city received new arms, with a black lion instead of the eagle. In addition to that the city was granted the right to use three bees in the chief, as a city of first rank.

In the beginning of the 20th century the arms were still used with a double-headed eagle (see image below), but the city nowadays uses again a normal eagle.

Image gallery

The arms on a 1664 coin
The arms on a 1664 coin
The arms in 1530
The arms in Hozier (Armorial Général de France, 1696)
The arms from 1804-1815
The arms by Guilbert, 1853
The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms in a publication from 1895
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
The arms on a postcard by Kroma
Postcard with the arms
The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
The arms in the city
The arms in Freiburg im Breisgau

Literature:Louis, 1949

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+| Or, an eagle displayed sable holding two columns palewise gules encroaching upon the wings
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-D'or à l'aigle de sable, tenant de ses serres deux colonnes de gueules brochant sur les ailes.
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 The city of Besançon received arms in 1535 by Emperor Charles V. These arms showed the double-headed Imperial Eagle, with the two colums taken from the arms of Spain and the Emperor. They also refer to the old Roman road passing through the city.
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 During Napoleonic times, the city received new arms, with a black lion instead of the eagle. In addition to that the city was granted the right to use three bees in the chief, as a city of first rank.
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+In the beginning of the 20th century the arms were still used with a double-headed eagle (see image below), but the city nowadays uses again a normal eagle.
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-In the beginning of the 20th century the arms were still used with a double-headed eagle (see image below), but the city nowadays uses again a normal eagle.
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+File:Besançon1530.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms in 1530
+File:besanconh.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms in Hozier (Armorial Général de France, 1696)
+File:besancon2.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms from 1804-1815
+File:Besançon1870.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms by Guilbert, 1853
+File:Besançon-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms in Traversier (1842)
+File:Besançon1895.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms in a publication from 1895
+File:besancon.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932
+File:besancon.lau.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
+File:besancon.bd.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
+File:besancon.frba.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms on a postcard by [[Blasons adhésif (Villes et Provinces de France)|Kroma]]
+File:besancon.mja.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|Postcard with the arms
+File:besancon.fp.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
+File:besancon5.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms in the city
+File:Besançonf.jpg|alt=Blason de Besançon/Arms (crest) of Besançon|The arms in [[Freiburg im Breisgau]]
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