Cassà de la Selva

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CASSÀ DE LA SELVA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat: d'argent, un gos corrent de sable entre 2 alzines de sinople; el peu d'or, 4 pals de gules. Per timbre una corona mural de vila.
English	de la Selva No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 15, 1990.

The arms are canting: a hound running between two trees alludes to the name of the town. Cassà sounds like "caçar" (Catalan for "hunting"), and the "selva" (forest) is symbolized here by the trees. At the base there are the royal arms of Catalonia-Aragon (four gules pales on gold), remembering the concession of privileges by the king Joan II in 1456, among them two annual fairs and one weekly market.