Charleville-Mézières

	CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES Country : France Département : Ardennes Additions: 1966 Charleville 1966 Étion 1966 Mézières 1966 Mohon 1966 Montcy-Saint-Pierre Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.77170000000000271711542154662311077117919921875,"lon":4.7172000000000000596855898038484156131744384765625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
French	D’azur au dextrochère de carnation mouvant d'une nuée d'argent, tenant une épée du même garnie d'or, accompagné d’une palme et d’un rameau d'olivier au naturel posés en chevron renversé, le tout surmonté d'un soleil d'or ; au chef de gueules chargé de deux râteaux démanchés d'or.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted on October 1, 1966.

The arms are those of Charleville, with a chief of the arms of the Rethel County, to which the town historically belonged. These were also part of the old arms of Mézières.

Image gallery

The arms in Euskirchen
The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez

Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr; Baron et al., 2003

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