Maçanet de la Selva
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MAÇANET DE LA SELVA
Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona
Official blazon
Escut caironat: d'or, 3 pomes tijades i fullades de sinople acompanyades al cap d'una cabra arrestada de sable; bordura de 8 peces de sable. Per timbre, una corona mural de vila.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on May 12, 1983.
Canting arms: they show three "maçanes" (Catalan for "apples"). The goat Sable on Or, bordure Sable, is taken from the canting arms of the viscounty of Cabrera ("cabra" meaning goat in Catalan), to which the town belonged.
Literature : Image taken from Wikipedia; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.