La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (Municipality, Loire-Atlantique, France)

Last modified: 2005-04-23 by ivan sache
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by Arnaud Leroy

• Presentation of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
• Municipal flag of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
• Flag proposal

See also:

• France
• Loire-Atlantique (Department, France)

Presentation of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre

The city of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (15,000 inhabitants) is located in the northern outskirts of Nantes,

In the middle of the IIIrd century, a Gallo-Roman settlement was established near the rivers Erdre, Gesvres, Hocmard and Rupt, which water the current municipal territory of la Chapelle-sur-Erdre. In 1106, the village established around a chapel (Capella supra Herdam) was granted the status of parish. The chapel was dedicated to St. Catherine, allegely martyrized on a chariot wheel in Alexandria (Egypt) in 311. The parochial banners of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre are decorated with traditional iconographical elements of St. Catherine's life.

Source: Fabien Chébaut. Une proposition de drapeau pour la Chapelle-sur-Erdre. Ar Banniel [arb] #7 (Winter 1998), pp. 5-6.

Ivan Sache, 25 July 2003

Municipal flag of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre

The flag of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, rarely used, is white th