Essonne

ESSONNE

Official blazon
French	Tranché: au 1er d'azur au besant d'or rayonnant de dix-huit rais chargés de vingt-trois besants plus petits, le tout du même, au 2e d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or; à la cotice ondée d'argent brochant sur la partition.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted in 1989.

The wavy bend denotes the Essonne river. The upper part symbolises the Nuclear Research carried out in the area. The fleur-de-lys is from the arms of Île-de-France.

In the 1980s Robert Louis had proposed the following arms:br>

These arms show the fleur-de-lys of Île-de-France and the wave indicates the confluence of the rivers Essonne and Seine.

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