Grembergen

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	GREMBERGEN Country : Belgium Province : Oost-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Dendermonde 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":51.05380000000000251247911364771425724029541015625,"lon":4.1044000000000000483169060316868126392364501953125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	Van zilver, beladen met een vlashalm van synople.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 29, 1818.

The arms show a branch of a flax plant. The cultivation of flax for the linen industry was of great importance in Vlaanderen for many centuries.

Literature: Servais, 1955

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