Michery
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MICHERY
Département : Yonne
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Divisé en chevron renversé: au 1er d'azur à la croix papale d'argent et chargé d'un chevron renversé accolé au trait de partition et parti au I d'azur à la bande d'argent côtoyée de deux doubles cotices potencées contre-potencées d'or et au II représentant un mur de craie au naturel maçonné de sable, au 2e de sinople chargé à dextre d'une grappe de raisin d'or et à senestre d'une gerbe de blé du même. |
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Origin/meaning
The papal cross refers to the fact that in the year 863 the priory of Sixte (located in a hamlet of Michery) and the village, became a property of Pope Nicolas I.
The V-shaped upper half combines the bend of the Champagne (to which the area belonged in the 12th and 13th century) with a chalk wall. The wall indicates on the one hand the border, on the other the chalk quarries .
The lower half indicates viticulture and agriculture.
Literature : Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr
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