Saint-Germain-Laval (Seine-et-Marne)
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SAINT-GERMAIN-LAVAL (SEINE-ET-MARNE)
Département : Seine-et-Marne
Official blazon
Écartelé: au 1er d'azur à l'écusson cousu de sable, chargé de trois besants d'argent et accompagné de trois fleurs de lis d'or, au 2e de gueules à trois fermaux d'or, au 3e de gueules à la grappe de raisin tigée et feuillée d'or en chef, soutenue de deux épis de blés tigés et feuillés du même, le tiges passées en sautoir en pointe, au 4e d'azur à la fasce ondée abaissée d'argent surmontée d'un loup ravissant d'or armé et lampassé de gueules. |- |English | (Seine-et-Marne) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |}
Origin/meaning
The arms were adopted on July 2, 2010.
The first quarter shows the arms of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey, which had many posessions until th late 18th century in the and the local parish was subjected to the Abbey.
The second quarter shows the arms of the Lords of Granville, lords of the village of Tréchy. The third shows the agricultural character of the village Petit Buisson.
The fourth shows a canting wolf (loup) for the village of Gardeloup and a wavy bar for the Seine river.
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