Carouge commune (Genève canton, Switzerland)

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• Les armoiries de Carouge (by Henry Deonna, 1945, French)

Carouge

Gules on a base Vert a tree Proper surmounted by a lion couchant guardant Argent.
Christopher Southworth

The French king Victor-Amédé III elevated Carouge to the rank of city and allowed it to use his coat of arms.
The tree symbolizes the city's developing under royal protection.