Balaguer (Lleida)

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BALAGUER

Region : Catalonia
Province : Lleida

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat quarterat en sautor: 1r i 4t. d'or, 4 pals de gules; 2n. i 3r. escacat d'or i de sable. Per timbre una corona de comte.
English	(Lleida) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 20, 1983.

Balaguer became the capital of the county of Urgell in the 12^th century; the arms show the gold and black chequered field of Urgell, and the count crown, besides to the royal arms of Catalonia-Aragon: four gules pales on gold.

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