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|align="center"|[[File:1905.wi2.jpg|center|300 px|Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Het wapen op een [[Willem II]] bandje | |align="center"|[[File:1905.wi2.jpg|center|300 px|Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Het wapen op een [[Willem II]] bandje | ||
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The arms symbolise the peat extraction in the local moors, which was of great economic importance for the area for many centuries, as well as agriculture (trefoils). The second arms are identical, but slightly improved. The last arms include the bordure taken from the arms of the municipality of Nijeveen (incorporated into Meppel in 1998). | The arms symbolise the peat extraction in the local moors, which was of great economic importance for the area for many centuries, as well as agriculture (trefoils). The second arms are identical, but slightly improved. The last arms include the bordure taken from the arms of the municipality of Nijeveen (incorporated into Meppel in 1998). | ||