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SAINT-COULITZ

Département : Finistère

Blason de Saint-Coulitz
Official blazon
French

D'argent à deux mains de carnation posées de profil, adossées, ouvertes vers le chef et reliées par les poignets, d'où meuvent deux épis de blé courbés et affrontés d'or, entourant une ampoule électrique posée en pal, le culot d'argent en bas, le bulbe d'azur surchargé de douze étoiles d'or ordonnées en orle, l'ampoule surmontée d'un besant du champ chargé d'un triskel de sable, l'ensemble accompagné de deux mouchetures d'hermine de sable en chef et d'une jumelle ondée d'azur en pointe; le tout enfermé dans une filière de sinople.

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Origin/meaning

The arms date from around 1191/2.

The lightbulb refers to the fact that the town was the 3rd town in France and the first in the Western part of the country that was connected to electricity, due to a hydro-electric power station built in 1887. The stars and blue are taken from the European Union flag.

The wheatears refer to agriculture, the two hands symbolise welcome. The base refers to the Aulne river. The triskelion and the ermine tails refer to Bretagne.

Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr


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