Gembloux

	GEMBLOUX 1977-1979 GEMBLOUX-SUR-ORNEAU Country: Belgium Province: Namur Additions: (to see click on expand) 1964 Ernage 1964 Grand-Manil 1964 Lonzée 1964 Sauvenière 1977 Beuzet, Bossière 1977 Bothey 1977 Corroy-le-Château 1977 Grand-Leez 1977 Les Isnes 1977 Mazy Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.5602999999999980218490236438810825347900390625,"lon":4.693500000000000227373675443232059478759765625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
French	(1865) De sable, à trois clefs d'argent, posées en pal. L'écu sommé de la couronne comtale ancienne à treize perles. (1977) De sable, à trois clefs d'argent, posées en pal. L'écu sommé de la couronne de comte ancienne à treize perles.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on September 15, 1865, again to Gembloux-sur-Orneau on August 19, 1977.

The arms were based on an image in a book describing the Walloon part of Brabant from 1692, even though the arms have been in use at least a century earlier, see images below. The meaning of the three keys, however, is not clear. They probably are a symbol for the powerful Gembloux Abbey, which was founded in 933 and whose Abbots had the title of Counts of Gembloux.

Image gallery

The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460)
The arms in a manuscript from 1558
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in 1650
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)
The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)
The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)
The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)
The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)
The arms on the abbey (image Derek Howard)
The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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