Avelgem

AVELGEM Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into : 1976 Bossuit 1976 Kerkhove 1976 Outrijve 1976 Waarmaarde Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.774799999999999045030563138425350189208984375,"lon":3.443000000000000060396132539608515799045562744140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted by royal decree on October 20, 1819 and again on August 18, 1841.

The arms are derived from the oldest known seal of the town, known from the late 17^th century. The cross is derived from the arms of the Lords of Avelgem, who ruled the village until 1378.

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  The arms in the Koffie Hag albums +/- 1930

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  The arms on a Lonka label

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  The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, M. : Armorial des provinces et des communes de Belgique. Liege, 1955, 1041 p

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