Rochefort (Namur)

ROCHEFORT (NAMUR) Country : Belgium Province : Namur Additions : 1977 Ave-et-Auffe 1977 Buissonville 1977 Eprave 1977 Han-sur-Lesse 1977 Jemelle 1977 Lavaux-Sainte-Anne 1977 Lessive 1977 Mont-Gauthier 1977 Villers-sur-Lesse 1977 Wavreille 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":50.15859999999999985220711096189916133880615234375,"lon":5.22079999999999966320274324971251189708709716796875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

French	(1841) D'or à l'aigle éployée, à une tête à dextre de gueules, becquée et membrée d'azur, l'écu timbré d'une couronne comtale de la forme usitée anciennement dans la pays de Liège et dans les Pays-Bas autriciens. (1978) D'or à l'aigle de gueules becquée et membrée d'azur, l'écu sommé d'une couronne à trois fleurons séparés par deux groupes de trois perles.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 15, 1841 and again on February 2, 1978.

The arms are derived from the arms of the Walcourt family, Lords of Rochefort in the 13th and 14^th century.

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  The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

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  The arms on a Roulertas Confiserie label

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  The arms on a police badge (source)

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  The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)

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  The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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