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Ville de Longueuil
Longueuil, Quebec
Grant of Arms, Supporters and Flag, with a Badge to the Service de police de la Ville de Longueuil
May 10, 2004
Vol. IV, p. 372
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Blazon
Arms
Azure three roses Or, on a chief Gules a crescent between two mullets Or;
Crest
Issuant from a mural crown Or, a demi Indigenous man affronté proper holding in his dexter hand an arrow Sable;
Supporters
Two Indigenous men proper, each habited of a loincloth Gules, holding an arrow Sable and standing on a grassy mound Vert;
Motto
LABOR ET CONCORDIA;
Symbolism
Arms
The full achievement of arms, with a crest and supporters, are those of Charles Le Moyne (1626-1685), the founder of Longueuil who was ennobled in 1668 and whose son and namesake was created a baron in 1700 by Louis XIV. In 2002, Raymond Grant, a descendant of the Le Moyne family through the female line and Baron of Longueuil, expressed his concurrence with the proposal that the Ville de Longueuil wished to be officially granted the historical arms of Charles Le Moyne. In the depiction of the arms, the three symbols in chief (the crescent and the two stars) are coloured gold (yellow). Since the letters of nobility of 1668 have been lost, the city based its choice on a historical document of the XVIIIth century recording the blazon (written description) of the arms (Paris, B.n.F., Chérin 138, dossier 2844). Other versions of the arms show the three upper symbols as Argent (white).
Crest
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Supporters
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Motto
The motto meaning "Work and concord", has been used by the Ville de Longueuil for several decades.