Brive-la-Gaillarde

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BRIVE-LA-GAILLARDE

Département : Corrèze

Official blazon

French

D'azur à trois bouquets de trois épis de blé d'or liés en forme de fleurs de lis.

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted on January 15, 1815.

The arms refer to the rich agriculture around the city. The wheat ears are placed in a similar was as the fleur-de-lys in the Royal French arms, indicating the loyalty of the city to the throne.

The arms in a 16th century manuscript	The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932	The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms on a municipal cover

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Literature : Louis, 1949