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'''PONTIGNY''' | '''PONTIGNY''' | ||
Département : [[Yonne]] | Département : [[Yonne]] | ||
[[File:pontigny.jpg|center]] | [[File:pontigny.jpg|center|350 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]] | ||
====Origin/meaning | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''French''' | |||
| D'azur au pont d'argent de trois arches sommé d'un arbre de sinople lui-même sommé d'un nid d'argent rempli d'or et accosté de deux fleurs de lis d'or. | |||
|- | |||
|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The river is the Serein that runs through the town; it was bridged and regulated by the Cistercian monks who lived at the abbey, founded in 1114. The brigde, pont, is canting. | The river is the Serein that runs through the town; it was bridged and regulated by the Cistercian monks who lived at the abbey, founded in 1114. The brigde, pont, is canting. | ||
The tree shows a bird's nest, a nid in French. In French nid and gny are pronounced the same way, the nest is thus canting for the second part of the name.The two fleur-de-lis are taken from the former French Royal arms. | The tree shows a bird's nest, a nid in French. In French nid and gny are pronounced the same way, the nest is thus canting for the second part of the name.The two fleur-de-lis are taken from the former French Royal arms. | ||
[[Literature]] : J.J. Lartigue, Armorial général des communes de France, Paris, 1995; background provided by Thomas Geno (tgeno@smcvt.edu) | {{fr}} | ||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: J.J. Lartigue, Armorial général des communes de France, Paris, 1995; background provided by Thomas Geno (tgeno@smcvt.edu) | |||
[[Category:French Municipalities P]] | [[Category:French Municipalities P]] | ||
[[Category:Yonne]] | [[Category:Yonne]] | ||