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Flag of Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 22 May 2021
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The municipality of Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine (3,970 inhabitants in 2018; 1,458 ha) is located 20 km szouth-east of Nantes.
Olivier Touzeau, 22 May 2021
The flag of Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine (photo) is white with the municipal coat of arms, "Azure two whitebeam leaves or a chief ermine", and the name of the municipality above.
The arms, designed by priest Trochu and drawn by A. Baudry-Souriau, were adopted on 25 October 1971 by the Municipal Council.
Aigrefeuille, recorded as a parish in 1156, is named for the Latin word acrifolium, "holly". Finding the holly too "stinging", the designer of the coat of arms used whitebeam leaves instead. The chief ermine recalls that Aigrefeuille once belonged to the
Duchy of Brittany.
[Armorial du Pays Nantais]
Olivier Touzeau, 22 May 2021