Lannion

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LANNION

Département : Côtes-d'Armor
Additions : 1961 Brélévenez, Buhulien, Loguivy-lès-Lannion, Servel

Official blazon

French

D’azur à l’agneau pascal (la tête contournée) couché d'argent (d’or), tenant en ses pattes antérieures guidon de gueules à la hampe croisetée et pommetée d'or et portant l'inscription «Laus Deo» en lettres capitales d’or.

Motto: War zao atao

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, showing an Agnus Dei, as the name supposedly was derived from l'agneau (the lamb).

The motto in Breton, means Always Beginning.

The arms in Hozier (1696)	The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens	The arms by Robert Luis (1949)
The arms on a postcard by Kroma

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Literature: Louis, 1949; image by Massimo Ghirardi

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