Soriguera

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SORIGUERA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Lleida

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat: d'argent, una vall de sinople sobremuntada d'un xoriguer d'atzur. Per timbre una corona mural de poble.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

These arms have been officially granted on 15th July 1992.

Canting arms: they show a "xoriguer" (Catalan for "kestrel", or Falco tinnunculus) and, below, the valley of Soriguera (formerly known as valley of Siarb), in the Pyrenees, where the village stands.

Literature : Image taken from http://escuts.wikispaces.com; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.

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