Paris-l'Hôpital

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PARIS-L'HÔPITAL

Département : Saône-et-Loire

Official blazon
French	De gueules à la croix de Malte d'argent; sur le tout, de gueules à la nef d'argent voguant sur une mer du même et à la bordure cousue d'azur.
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Origin/meaning

The arms are canting; they show the arms of the Knights Hospitallier (Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem), who owned the area in the 13th century, and an inescutcheon with the arms of Paris.

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