Opoeteren

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Official blazon
Dutch	Gedeeld, rechts gedwarsbalkt van goud en van keel van tien stukken, wat Loon is; links van lazuur met drie visschen van zilver faaswijs geplaatst en paalswijs gerangschikt, het schild geplaatst voor een Sint-Denijs, rechtstaand, onthoofd, bekleed met de bisschoppelijke gewaden, houdende in de rechterhand zijn niet gemijterd hoofd en in de linkerhand den naar buiten gewenden staf, alles van goud.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 1, 1947.

The arms show the bars of the County Loon and three fish, taken from the arms of the counts of Chiny, as in the 13th century Arnold van Loon became Count of Chiny. Opoeteren was historically part of the county Loon.

The supporter is the local patron saint, St. Denijs (Dionysius).

Literature: Servais, 1955

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