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<center>''' {{uc:Le Rœulx}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : <br>[[Hainaut]][[File:Hainautp.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions:''' | |||
* 1976 [[Mignault]] | |||
* 1976 [[Thieu]] | |||
* 1976 Ville-sur-Haine | |||
** 1964 [[Gottignies]] | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''French''' | |||
| De sinople au lion tenant de la patte dextre une roue à cinq rayons, le tout d'or. L'écu sommé d'une couronne d'or à cinq fleurons. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on November 20, 1822 confirmed with an additional crown in 1838 and again granted on April 4, 1981. | |||
The Lords of Rœulx used since the 13th century three golden lions in red on their arms. These were also used by the city until the late 16th century, when the current arms appear on the city seal. The arms have not changed since. | |||
The arms were | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:roeulx.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms from 1822 without crown | |||
FileRoeulx16.jpg|alt=Blason de Mons/Arms (crest) of Mons|The arms in the 16th century Armorial Marche | |||
File:Roeulx-m.jpg|alt=Blason de Mons/Arms (crest) of Mons|The arms in the 16th century Armorial Marche | |||
File:roeulx.hagbe.jpg|alt=Blason du Rœulx/Arms (crest) of Le Rœulx|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 |
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