Hamoir

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HAMOIR

Province : Liège
Additions : 1977 Comblain-Fairon, Filot

Official blazon

D'argent au lion de sinople armé et lampassé de gueules. L'écu sommé d'une couronne de 9 perles et surmonté d'un heaume d'argent taré de front, couronné, grillé, colleté et liseré d'or, doublé et attaché, de gueules, aux lambrequins de sinople et d'argent. Cimier: le lion de l'écu issant. Supports: deux léopards lionnés de sinople armés et lampassés de gueules tenant une bannière aux armes de l'écu. L'écu placé au cété senestre d'un St Pierre debout de carnation, habillé d'or coiffé d'une tiare du meme et tenant de la main dextre une clé également d'or posée en barre, le panneton d'en haut à dextre. Le tout soutenu d'une terrasse au naturel.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on March 23, 1925 and again on September 30, 1977.

The arms are derived from the 18^th century seals of the local council. Older seals already showed a shield held by the local patron saint, St. Peter. The shield showed the arms of the Maillen family, Lords of Hamoir. When the estate became a possession of the Donnéa family, the arms were replaced by the lion of this family. The composition of the seal was made the arms of the village in 1925.