Avrillé (Maine-et-Loire)

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AVRILLÉ

Département : Maine-et-Loire

Blason de Avrillé (Maine-et-Loire)/Arms (crest) of Avrillé (Maine-et-Loire)
Official blazon
French Écartelé : au 1er d'azur à trois fleurs de lis d'or, au 2e de gueules au maillet et au burin d'argent posés en pal et rangés en fasce, au 3e de gueules au moulin à vent d'argent, au 4e d'azur à la grappe de raisin tigée et feuillée d'or.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on June 29, 1981.

The fleurs-de-lis are those of the arms of Anjou, the tools of the slate workers refer to the slate quarries exploited until the end of the nineteenth century, the mill symbolizes the local mills, two of which remain, the bunch of grapes reminds that the vines were grown on the slopes of the Mayenne until the end of the 19th century.

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


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