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LAMÉAC
Département: Hautes-Pyrénées
French | D'argent à l'alambic de sable; au chef de sinople chargé de trois escargots contournés d'or. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms show a still which refers to Jean-Pierre Montégut born in 1776 who, for 60 years, was a famous distiller of the Armagnac, Bigorre and Languedoc regions.
The snails refer to the nickname of the villagers 'les escargouillès', or the snails.
Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr
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