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'''Country''' : Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : <br>[[Limburg (België)|Limburg]][[File:limburg2.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into:''' | |||
* 1977 [[Maaseik]] | |||
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|'''Dutch''' | |||
| Gedeeld, rechts gedwarsbalkt van goud en van keel van tien stukken, wat Loon is; links van lazuur met drie visschen van zilver faaswijs geplaatst en paalswijs gerangschikt, het schild geplaatst voor een Sint-Denijs, rechtstaand, onthoofd, bekleed met de bisschoppelijke gewaden, houdende in de rechterhand zijn niet gemijterd hoofd en in de linkerhand den naar buiten gewenden staf, alles van goud. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on February 1, 1947. | The arms were officially granted on February 1, 1947. | ||
The arms show the bars of the County Loon and three fish, taken from the arms of the counts of Chiny, as in the 13th century Arnold van Loon became Count of Chiny. Opoeteren was historically part of the county Loon | The arms show the bars of the County Loon and three fish, taken from the arms of the counts of [[Chiny]], as in the 13th century Arnold van Loon became Count of Chiny. Opoeteren was historically part of the county Loon. | ||
The supporter is the local patron saint, St. Denijs (Dionysius). | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | ||
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[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms O]] | [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms O]] | ||
[[Category:Limburg (België)]] | [[Category:Limburg (België)]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1947]] | [[Category:Granted 1947]] |
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