Bellem

	BELLEM Country: Belgium Province: Oost-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1976 Aalter 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":51.0885999999999995679900166578590869903564453125,"lon":3.491000000000000103028696685214526951313018798828125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(none known)
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted or adopted in 1828 but no formal record exists, so the arms most likely were never officially granted.

The arms show a canting bell. The chief shows the arms of the Netherlands, as in 1828 Belgium was still part of the Netherlands. This was never removed.

Image gallery

The arms on a municipal cover (1960s)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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