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'''Country''' : France [[File:france.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Département''' : [[Vendée]][[File:Vendee.jpg|60 px|right]] | |||
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|'''French''' | |||
| D'azur à la fontaine jaillissante de trois pièces d'argent, le bassin maçonné de sable. | |||
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| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms originally date from 1699 and are re-designed in 1927. | |||
The arms represent a fountain called Fontaine des Quatre-Tias (Fountain of four pipes), which can still be seen in the city center of Fontenay-le-Comte. The city started to develop around a water source and a fountain, typical from the Renaissance style, was erected at the water source location in 1542. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File: | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|300 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]] <br/>The actual fountain in the city | ||
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On the upper part of the fountain, there are the French arms and also the engraved motto with two salamanders (salamander was the official emblem of King François I). | |||
The municipality uses the motto "Fons fontanacum felicium ingeniorum scaturigo". | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Fontenay-le-Comte2.jpg|alt=Blason de Fontenay-le-Comte/Arms (crest) of Fontenay-le-Comte|The arms by Hozier, 1696 | |||
File:Fontenay-le-Comte3.jpg|alt=Blason de Fontenay-le-Comte/Arms (crest) of Fontenay-le-Comte|The arms by Hozier, 1696 (different version) | |||
File:Fontenay-le-Comte-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Fontenay-le-Comte/Arms (crest) of Fontenay-le-Comte|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
File:fontenaycomte.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Fontenay-le-Comte/Arms (crest) of Fontenay-le-Comte|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Information from Ninon Frémaux | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:French Municipalities F]] | [[Category:French Municipalities F]] | ||
[[Category:Vendée]] | [[Category:Vendée]] | ||