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The arms were granted on September 15, 1865, again to Gembloux-sur-Orneau on August 19, 1977. | The arms were granted on September 15, 1865, again to Gembloux-sur-Orneau on August 19, 1977. | ||
The arms were based on an image in a book describing the Walloon part of Brabant from 1692. The meaning of the three keys, however, is not clear. They probably are a symbol for the powerful Gembloux Abbey, which was founded in 933 and whose Abbots had the title of Counts of Gembloux. | The arms were based on an image in a book describing the Walloon part of Brabant from 1692, even though the arms have been in use at least a century earlier, see images below. The meaning of the three keys, however, is not clear. They probably are a symbol for the powerful Gembloux Abbey, which was founded in 933 and whose Abbots had the title of Counts of Gembloux. | ||
===Image gallery=== | ===Image gallery=== | ||
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File: | File:Gemblouxgo.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460) | ||
File:Gembloux1558.jpg|alt=Wapen van Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in a manuscript from 1558 | |||
File:Gemblouxvr.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in a 16th century manuscript | |||
File:Gembloux17.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in a 17th century [https://bm-lille.fr/patrimoine/digital-viewer/c-16435 manuscript] | File:Gembloux17.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in a 17th century [https://bm-lille.fr/patrimoine/digital-viewer/c-16435 manuscript] | ||
File:Gembloux1650.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in 1650 | File:Gembloux1650.jpg|alt=Blason de Gembloux/Arms (crest) of Gembloux|The arms in 1650 | ||