Céret

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Blason de Céret/Arms (crest) of Céret
CÉRET

Country : France
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Département : Pyrénées-Orientales
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Official blazon
French D'azur à deux clefs d'argent passées en sautoir et reliées par une chaîne du même ; au chef d'or chargé de quatre pals de gueules.
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Origin/meaning

The arms show the crossed keys of St. Peter, the local patron saint and a chief of Roussillon, the region in which the town is situated. Until the 1990s (?) the town used in the chief a fleur-de-lys for France instead of the Roussillon arms.

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