Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise

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SAINT-POL-SUR-TERNOISE

Département : Pas-de-Calais

Official blazon
French	Parti: au 1er d'azur à la gerbe d'avoine d'or, au 2e de gueules à trois pals de vair et au chef d'or chargé d'un lambel de trois pendants d'azur.
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Origin/meaning

The arms combine the arms of the two oldest families that were Counts of Saint-Pol. The garb is taken from the arms of the Candavene family, counts from 1067 to 1205. The other half shows the arms of the Châtillon family, counts from 1205-1360.