Poigny-la-Forêt

POIGNY-LA-FORÊT

Département : Yvelines

Official blazon
French	Parti: au 1er coupé au I d'argent à deux clés renversées d'or, passées en sautoir, les pannetons affrontés, au II d'azur à l'arbre au naturel, au 2e mi-parti de sable au sautoir d'argent; au sanglier d'or brochant en abîme sur le tout.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The tree is an oak. It's the symbol of the wood (la forêt) and of a particular wodd named "the gos chêne" the bog oak , a very big tree which was located in the village. The wild boar is a very usual animal in the woods.
I have no information on the other elements.

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