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 The arms were granted on February 16, 1847 and again on March 9, 1979.
-The arms are a combination of a crozier for the influential Nivelles Abbey and a small shield with the arms of Brabant. The city officially received arms on May 1st 1532 by Emperor Charles V. These arms showed a red cross for the abbey, with the shield of Brabant. These arms have been used until the late 18<sup>th</sup> century. Why the cross was changed into a crozier in 1847 is not known.
+The arms are a combination of a crozier for the influential Nivelles Abbey and a small shield with the arms of Brabant. The city officially received arms on May 1st 1532 by Emperor Charles V. These arms showed a red crosier for the abbey, with the shield of Brabant.
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