Aartrijke

	Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Zedelgem 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":51.1182000000000016370904631912708282470703125,"lon":3.089700000000000112976294985855929553508758544921875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
French	D'azur à trois besants d'argent; le besant en pointe d'un diamètre double de ceux du chef.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on February 25, 1845.

The meaning of the arms is not known. The arms already appear on the 17^th century map by Pourbus on the Vrije van Brugge territory. On the map the three besants were of equal size, why this was changed in 1843 is not known.