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| | |[[File:bievres.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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<center>''' {{uc:Bièvres}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''':France [[File:france.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Département''': [[Essonne]][[File:Essonne.jpg|60 px|right]] | |||
{{#display_map:48.7546,2.2168|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''French''' | |||
| De sinople à la fasce ondée d'argent, au castor contourné au naturel brochant en cœur, accompagnée de trois fraises de gueules feuillées de sinople. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show a beaver in a river, Bièvre is the old French for beaver (the modern French is "castor"), Bièvres is the name of the river that runs though the village of Bièvres, it no longer has beavers but it must have had them in the past. The coat of arms also shows strawberries:they used to grow strawberries in the valley of the Bievres, and the village festival is actually a Strawberry festival, complete with a strawberry queen. | |||
[[File:bievres.gif|center]] | An older version (around 2000): | ||
[[File:bievres.gif|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
''' | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]:Image taken from www.bievres.fr; background by Ruth Ley | ||
{{fr}} | |||
{{media}} | |||
[[Category:French Municipalities B|Bievres]] | [[Category:French Municipalities B|Bievres]] | ||
[[Category:Essonne]] | [[Category:Essonne|Bievres]] |
Latest revision as of 06:54, 15 August 2024
Country:France Département: Essonne |
French | De sinople à la fasce ondée d'argent, au castor contourné au naturel brochant en cœur, accompagnée de trois fraises de gueules feuillées de sinople. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms show a beaver in a river, Bièvre is the old French for beaver (the modern French is "castor"), Bièvres is the name of the river that runs though the village of Bièvres, it no longer has beavers but it must have had them in the past. The coat of arms also shows strawberries:they used to grow strawberries in the valley of the Bievres, and the village festival is actually a Strawberry festival, complete with a strawberry queen.
An older version (around 2000):
Literature:Image taken from www.bievres.fr; background by Ruth Ley
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