Ranchal

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RANCHAL

Département : Rhône

Official blazon
French	De gueules à la cotice ondée cousue d'azur, accompagnée en chef de l'église du lieu d'or et en pointe d'une roue de moulin du même.
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Origin/meaning

The wavy blue bend represents the Reine river, the wheel the (former) water mills in the river. The upper half shows the local monument to the H. Mary on the Notre Dame de la Rochette chapel.

The chapel

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

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