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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
{{ | Varennes was an important town in the Duchy of Bar in the Province of Lorraine. Hence the two bars to the right and left of the Croix de Lorraine. | ||
CCharles IV, Duke of Lorraine, was forced to cede the city to Louis XIII, and from 1648, until 1791, Louis XIV gave the principality of Varennes to the Prince of Condé whose armsare shown in chief of arms of the town (three fleur-de-lis, arms of the Kings of France, cut with a stick, arms of the Condé of the royal family). | |||
The Croix de Guerre 14-18 was given to the locality on September 18, 1920 by Poincaré and Maginot. | |||
{|align="center" | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on the local war monument | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}2.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a street sign | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : Images from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr and http://lacabornedelourse.blogspot.com/; information from the municipality. | ||
[[Category:French Municipalities V]] | [[Category:French Municipalities V]] | ||
[[Category:Meuse]] | [[Category:Meuse]] | ||