Le Havre

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LE HAVRE

Département : Seine-Maritime
Additions : 1919 Graville-Sainte-Honorine; 1953 Bleville; 1955 Sanvic

Blason de Le Havre
Official blazon
French De gueules à la salamandre d'argent, couronnée d'or dans sa patience du même; au chef cousu d'azur chargé de trois fleurs de lis d'or; sur le tout un franc-canton de sable au lion d'or armé et lampassé de gueules.
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Origin/meaning

The arms refer to the King Francis I, whose badge was a heraldic salamander. The chief shows the three fleur-de-lis of France. The small free canton shows the lion of Belgium, as during the First World War the Belgian government in exile resided in Le Havre.


The arms in a 16th century manuscript

The arms in Traversier (1842)

The arms by Guilbert, 1853

The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens

The arms on municipal stationery 1929

The arms by Robert Louis, 1949

The arms on a cover (1999)

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