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-{{fr}}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|[[File:fontenac.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+|
+<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
+'''Country''' : France [[File:france.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
+'''Département''' : [[Vendée]][[File:Vendee.jpg|60 px|right]]
+{{#display_map:46.4661,-0.8075|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
+|}
-'''FONTENAY-LE-COMTE'''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
+|-
+|'''French'''
+| D'azur à la fontaine jaillissante de trois pièces d'argent, le bassin maçonné de sable.
+|-
+|'''English'''
+| blazon wanted
+|}
-Département : [[Vendée]]
+===Origin/meaning===
+The arms originally date from 1699 and are re-designed in 1927.
-[[File:fontenac.jpg|center|Armoiries de {{PAGENAME}}]]
+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.
-===Official blason===
+{|align="center"
-*(fr)
+|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
+|}
+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).
-===Origin/meaning===
+The municipality uses the motto "Fons fontanacum felicium ingeniorum scaturigo".
-The municipality uses the motto "Fons fontanacum felicium ingeniorum scaturigo". The arms originally date from 1699 and are re-designed in 1927.
-I have no further information on the meaning or origin of these arms. Any additional information is welcome.
+===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>
-{|align="center"
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Information from Ninon Frémaux
-|align="center"|[[File:fontenaycomte.hagfr.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932
-|}
+{{fr}}
 {{media}}
-[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : Froger et Pressensé, 1991.
 [[Category:French Municipalities F]]
 [[Category:Vendée]]