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'''PONTIGNY'''
'''PONTIGNY'''


Département : [[Yonne]]
Département : [[Yonne]]


[[File:pontigny.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:pontigny.jpg|center|350 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]


===Official blazon===
{| class="wikitable"
D'azur au pont d'argent de trois arches sommé d'un arbre de sinople lui-même sommé d'un nid d'argent rempli d'or et accosté de deux fleurs de lis d'or.
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|'''French'''
| D'azur au pont d'argent de trois arches sommé d'un arbre de sinople lui-même sommé d'un nid d'argent rempli d'or et accosté de deux fleurs de lis d'or.
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|'''English'''
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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The tree shows a bird's nest, a nid in French. In French nid and gny are pronounced the same way, the nest is thus canting for the second part of the name.The two fleur-de-lis are taken from the former French Royal arms.  
The tree shows a bird's nest, a nid in French. In French nid and gny are pronounced the same way, the nest is thus canting for the second part of the name.The two fleur-de-lis are taken from the former French Royal arms.  


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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : J.J. Lartigue, Armorial général des communes de France, Paris, 1995; background provided by Thomas Geno (tgeno@smcvt.edu)
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: J.J. Lartigue, Armorial général des communes de France, Paris, 1995; background provided by Thomas Geno (tgeno@smcvt.edu)


[[Category:French Municipalities P]]
[[Category:French Municipalities P]]
[[Category:Yonne]]
[[Category:Yonne]]

Latest revision as of 14:19, 7 January 2024

PONTIGNY

Département : Yonne

Blason de Pontigny/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME
Official blazon
French D'azur au pont d'argent de trois arches sommé d'un arbre de sinople lui-même sommé d'un nid d'argent rempli d'or et accosté de deux fleurs de lis d'or.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The river is the Serein that runs through the town; it was bridged and regulated by the Cistercian monks who lived at the abbey, founded in 1114. The brigde, pont, is canting.

The tree shows a bird's nest, a nid in French. In French nid and gny are pronounced the same way, the nest is thus canting for the second part of the name.The two fleur-de-lis are taken from the former French Royal arms.


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Literature: J.J. Lartigue, Armorial général des communes de France, Paris, 1995; background provided by Thomas Geno (tgeno@smcvt.edu)