Arras
ARRAS
Département : Pas-de-Calais
| French | De gueules au lion d'or, armé et lampassé d'azur, chargé en coeur d'un écusson d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or au lambel de gueules de trois pendants chargés chacun de trois petits châteaux d'or rangés en pal. |
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on February 22, 1817.
The arms were already adopted much earlier, in November 1696 and are those of the council of the Ville d'Arras. Arras at the time was divided into two parts, the Ville and the Cité.
The origin of the lion is not known. The escutcheon shows the arms of the County of Artois, of which the city was the capital.
The city is entitled to use the decorations of the Légion d'honneur (granted 1919) and the Croix de guerre 1939-1945.
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
Probably referring to Artois
The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms by Guilbert, 1853
The arms in a publication from 1895
The arms in a German album +/- 1910
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a postcard by Kroma
The arms on a Barré Dayez Postcard
The arms in the town hall (image Derek Howard)
The arms in the town hall (image Derek Howard)
The arms on a road sign (image Derek Howard)
The arms on the pubic weighbridge (image Derek Howard)
Literature: Bouchet et al, 1994
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