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Belgische Gemeentewapens - Armories communales de Belgique
Belgian Civic Heraldry

CHIMAY

Province : Hainaut
Additions : 1976 Baileux, Bailièvre, Boulers, Forges, L'Escaillière, Lompret, Rièzes, Robechies, Saint-Rémy, Salles, Vaulx, Villers-la-Tour, Virelles

Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on June 30, 1838.
The arms show a sword, which is derived from a local legend. In 57 BC the local inhabitants, the Pleumosiens, acquired in a battle against the Roman army, the sword of Julius Cesar, and ever since the sword supposedly was the symbol of Chimay. Most likely the arms were created in the late middle ages based on this legend. The sword appeared for the first time on a seal dating from 1552. Previous seals showed the arms of the Croy family, Lords of Chimay.

Literature : Servais, 1955


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