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-{{fr}}
+'''GIRONDE'''
+[[File:gironde.jpg|center|300 px|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-'''GIRONDE'''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
+|-
+|'''French'''
+| Gironné d’argent et d’azur de huit pièces, au chef de gueules chargé d’un léopard d’or, armé et lampassé d’azur.
+|-
+|'''English'''
+| blazon wanted
+|}
-[[File:gironde.gif|center|Armoiries de {{PAGENAME}}]]
+===Origin/meaning===
+The chief shows the lion of Aquitanie, the old district to which the département belongs, and at the same time the English lion, as the area belonged for several centuries to England in medieval times. The main shield is canting, this division is called gyronny.
-===Official blazon===
+The arms were designed by Robert Louis in the 1950s.
-===Origin/meaning===
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Image taken from [http://www.gaso.fr La banque du blason] (with permission)
-The chief shows the lion of Aquitanie, the old district to which the département belongs, and at the same time the English lion, as the area belonged for several centuries to England in medieval times. The main shield is canting, this division is called gyronny.
+{{fr}}
 {{media}}
-[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : Image taken from [http://www.gaso.fr La banque du blason] (with permission)
 [[Category:French Départements]]
 [[Category:Gironde]]