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BOMBON

Département : Seine-et-Marne

Official blazon

(fr) De gueules à la montagne d'argent maçonnée de sable, chargée d'une divise ondée d'azur, surmontée d'un soleil à dextre et d'une branche d'épine posée en pal à senestre, le tout d'or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted in October 1988.

The hill symbolises the local hills, the hill is shown as a wall as a symbol for the many castles and stately homes in the area.The sun is the symbol for the Montjay castle (jolly hill) and the thorn branch the fortified farm of Epoisses (= place covered with thorns).

The red colour is the colour of the Brie region, the blue bar the Ancoeur river.