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====Official blason====
===Official blazon===
De gueules à la croix cléchée, vidée et pommetée de douze pièces d'or, montée sur une hampe du même posée en pal, adextrée d'un château donjonné de trois tours et senestrée d'une basilique de Saint-Sernin à trois clochers, le tout d'argent maçonné de sable, à l'agneau pascal d'argent, la tête contournée et nimbée d'or, brochant sur le tout ; au chef cousu d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or.
*(fr) De gueules à la croix cléchée, vidée et pommetée de douze pièces d'or, montée sur une hampe du même posée en pal, adextrée d'un château donjonné de trois tours et senestrée d'une basilique de Saint-Sernin à trois clochers, le tout d'argent maçonné de sable, à l'agneau pascal d'argent, la tête contournée et nimbée d'or, brochant sur le tout ; au chef cousu d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or.
 
===Origin/meaning===
The arm show an Agnus Dei, probably the oldest arms/symbol of the city as can be seen on the seal of 1303 (see below). The cross is the cross of the Occitanie region and is taken from the arms of the Count of Toulouse. The counts statred the use of the cross in the 12th or 13th century.
 
The two buildings, the local castle and cathedral, indicate the strength of the city. The chief is the chief of France and probably was added after King Philippe III inherited the County of Toulouse in 1272.


====Origin/meaning====
During Napoleonic times, the chief was replaced by a chief with three bees.
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<gallery perrow=0 mode="nolines" widths=250 px caption="Examples of use (click images to enlarge)">
|align="center"|[[File:toulousez1.jpg|center|Sceau de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>Seal from 1303
File:toulousez1.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|Seal from 1303
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1870.jpg|center|350 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by Guilbert, 1853
File:toulouse16.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms in a [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8528582x.r=17256?rk=193134;0 16th century manuscript]
|align="center"|[[File:toulouse.hagfr.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932  
File:toulouse1.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms in Hozier (1696)
|-
File:toulouse-tr.jpg|Alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in Traversier (1842)
|align="center"|[[File:toulouse.lau.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
File:toulouse1870.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms by Guilbert, 1853
|align="center"|[[File:toulouse.frba.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a postcard
File:toulouse-button.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms on a button with the Napoleonic arms
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|450 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in Hozier (1696)
File:toulouse-1896medal.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms on a medal issued in 1896
|-
File:588b.wsa.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (1900)
|align="center"|[[File:fr-1219.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a stamp
File:toulouse.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932  
|align="center"|[[File:toulouse-button.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a button with the Napoleonic arms
File:toulouse.lau.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]], 1930s
|align="center"|[[File:toulouse-1896medal.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a medal issued in 1896
File:0699.aba.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums, 1930s<br>with a palm tree instead of the cross !
|}
File:030.abd.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms in a 1930s [[Abdulla-Wappen der Bekanntesten und Bedeutendsten Ausländischen Hauptstädte|album]]   
File:toulouse.frba.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms on a postcard
File:fr-1219.jpg|alt=Blason de Tououse / Arms of Toulouse|The arms on a stamp
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  • (fr) De gueules à la croix cléchée, vidée et pommetée de douze pièces d'or, montée sur une hampe du même posée en pal, adextrée d'un château donjonné de trois tours et senestrée d'une basilique de Saint-Sernin à trois clochers, le tout d'argent maçonné de sable, à l'agneau pascal d'argent, la tête contournée et nimbée d'or, brochant sur le tout ; au chef cousu d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or.

Origin/meaning

The arm show an Agnus Dei, probably the oldest arms/symbol of the city as can be seen on the seal of 1303 (see below). The cross is the cross of the Occitanie region and is taken from the arms of the Count of Toulouse. The counts statred the use of the cross in the 12th or 13th century.

The two buildings, the local castle and cathedral, indicate the strength of the city. The chief is the chief of France and probably was added after King Philippe III inherited the County of Toulouse in 1272.

During Napoleonic times, the chief was replaced by a chief with three bees.


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