Les Échelles

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LES ÉCHELLES

Département : Savoie

Official blazon
French	De sinople à l'échelle d'argent posée en bande; au chef cousu de gueules chargé d'une croix d'argent.
English	Échelles No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms show a canting ladder under a chief with the arms of Savoie. The ladder is first mentioned as a village sign in a document describing the borders from 1388; on the borderstones of Les Échelles a ladder was to be used.

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