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'''LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE'''
'''LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE'''


Département : [[Vendée]]
Département: [[Vendée]]


[[File:chataign.jpg|center]]
[[File:chataign.jpg|center|350 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]


'''Official blason:'''<br>
{| class="wikitable"
D'argent au lion d'azur semé de fleurs de lys d'or.  
|+Official blazon
|-
|'''French'''
| D'argent au lion d'azur semé de fleurs de lys d'or.  
|-
|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
|}


'''Origin/meaning :'''<br/>
===Origin/meaning===
La châtaigneraie means a place with chestnust-trees, or a chestnust-groove, and the coat of arms is a lion that was later coloured with the golden fleur-de-lis; the ancient coat of arms of the duchy of Ile de France, because La Châtaigneraie is situated in the very heart of a royalist region that resisted violently to the republican troops led by General Hoche in the late 18<sup>th</sup> century.
La châtaigneraie means a place with chestnust-trees, or a chestnust-groove, and the coat of arms is a lion that was later coloured with the golden fleur-de-lis; the ancient coat of arms of the duchy of Ile de France, because La Châtaigneraie is situated in the very heart of a royalist region that resisted violently to the republican troops led by General Hoche in the late 18<sup>th</sup> century.


[[Literature]] : Froger et Pressensé, 1991; background from Phil M. Rodgers Hayes
===Image gallery===
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File:Chataigneraie1895.jpg|alt=Blason de La Châtaigneraie/Arms (crest) of La Châtaigneraie|The arms in a publication from 1895
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Froger et Pressensé, 1991; background from Phil M. Rodgers Hayes


[[Category:French Municipalities C]]
[[Category:French Municipalities C]]
[[Category:Vendée]]
[[Category:Vendée]]

Latest revision as of 11:34, 11 August 2024


LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE

Département: Vendée

Blason de La Châtaigneraie
Official blazon
French D'argent au lion d'azur semé de fleurs de lys d'or.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

La châtaigneraie means a place with chestnust-trees, or a chestnust-groove, and the coat of arms is a lion that was later coloured with the golden fleur-de-lis; the ancient coat of arms of the duchy of Ile de France, because La Châtaigneraie is situated in the very heart of a royalist region that resisted violently to the republican troops led by General Hoche in the late 18th century.

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Literature: Froger et Pressensé, 1991; background from Phil M. Rodgers Hayes