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GIRONDE
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Origin/meaning
The chief shows the lion of Aquitanie, the old district to which the département belongs, and at the same time the English lion, as the area belonged for several centuries to England in medieval times. The main shield is canting, this division is called gyronny.
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Literature : Image taken from La banque du blason (with permission)
