Fléville

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FLÉVILLE

Département : Ardennes

Blason de Fléville/Arms (crest) of Fléville
Official blazon
French Vairé d'azur et d'argent à l'écusson d'or chargé d'une bermudienne des montagnes (Sisyrinchium montanum) de pourpre, tigée et feuillée de sinople, boutonnée d'or.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted in 2003.

The field of vair is derived from arms seen in the Fléville Castle, which is now destroyed. A similar field was adopted by the 16th Infantry Regiment of the US Army after the First World War, when they were in Fléville.

The inescutcheon shows a sprig of American blue-eyed-grass, which was imported into the region in 1917/1918 by the fodder of the horses of the 16th Infantry Regiment.

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

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