Bragelogne-Beauvoir

BRAGELOGNE-BEAUVOIR

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Official blazon
French	De gueules à la fasce d'argent surmontée d’une grappe de raisin et soutenue d’une coquille, le tout d’or, à la clef posée en barre passée en sautoir avec une faux, le tout du même brochant; sur le tout de sable au lion d'argent, armé et lampassé de gueules.
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Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the arms of the Bragelogne family, who ruled the village from the 13th to the 16th and again in the 8th century. Their arms showed a silver bar in red with a black scallop, and three spurs.

The bunch of grapes in the chief refers to the importance of viticulture for the municipality. The scallop is taken from the Bragelogne arms and also symbolise sthat the village is on one of the roads to Santiago de Compostela.
The key is taken from the arms of the Counts of Tonnerre, as the village was part of the Saint-Vincent district of the territory of the counts.

The escutcheon refers to the Bragelogne family (black) and the Rochefort family (lion), who owned the village until 1287 and who also ruled the village of Beauvoir for a long period of time.

The scythe is taken from the arms of the Faoucq family, Lords of Bragelogne in the 16th century.

Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr

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