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File:Lille (France)1562.jpg|alt=Arms of Lille/Blason de Lille|The arms in 1562
File:Lille (France)1562.jpg|alt=Arms of Lille/Blason de Lille|The arms in 1562
File:Lille (France)16.jpg|alt=Arms of Lille/Blason de Lille|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
File:Lille (France)16.jpg|alt=Arms of Lille/Blason de Lille|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
File:Lille3.jpg|alt=Blason de Lille/Arms (crest) of Lille|The arms by Hozier, 1696
File:Lille (France).hes.jpg|alt=Arms of Lille/Blason de Lille|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
File:Lille (France).hes.jpg|alt=Arms of Lille/Blason de Lille|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
File:Lille (France)-tr.jpg|alt=Arms of Lille/Blason de Lille|The arms in Napoleonic times
File:Lille (France)-tr.jpg|alt=Arms of Lille/Blason de Lille|The arms in Napoleonic times

Revision as of 13:53, 2 March 2023


LILLE

Département : Nord
Additions : 1858 Esquermes, Fives, Moulins-Lille, Wazemmes; 1977 Hellemmes, 2000 Lomme

Official blazon
French De gueules à la fleur de lis (florencée) d'argent.
English (France) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, showing a lily. The lily is known as a symbol for the city since 1199. The arms have basically not changed since.

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Literature: Image taken from La banque du blason (with permission)