La Forêt-du-Temple

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LA FORÊT-DU-TEMPLE

Département : Creuse

Official blazon
French	Écartelé: aux 1er et 4e de sinople à la feuille de chêne d'or posée en barre, aux 2e et 3e d'argent à la croix pattée et alésée de gueules.
English	Forêt-du-Temple No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted in 2012.

The arms are canting, the name means forest of the temple. The leaves refer to the forest part, the cross to the Order of the Knights Templar, who had a possession in the area.

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

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