Ormes (Saône-et-Loire)

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ORMES (SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE)

Département : Saône-et-Loire

Blason de Ormes (Saône-et-Loire)/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME
Official blazon
French Écartelé: au 1er d'azur à la clé gallo-romaine d'or, contournée et renversée d'or, au 2e de gueules à la feuille d'orme d'argent, au 3e de gueules à trois oiseaux essorants d'argent, ceux du chef affrontés, au 4e d'azur à la fritillaire pintade tigée et feuillée d'or, la fleur courbée et penchée vers la dextre, mouvant d'ondes alésées d'argent.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The key in the first quarter symbolises a Gallo-Roman key found during excavations between 1975 and 1978. The elm leaf is a canting element (orme=elm). The third quarter shows the arms of the De Vergennes family, owners of the village in the 18th century. The fritillary is a typical flower is a very characteristic plant in the floodplain meadows of the Saône valley.

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


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