<P> In the Nordic countries, provinces, regions, cities, and municipalities have coats of arms . These are posted at the borders and on buildings containing official offices, as well as used in official documents and on the uniforms of municipal officers . Arms may also be used on souvenirs or other effects, given that an application has been granted by the municipal council . </P> <P> At a national level, "coats of arms" were generally retained by European states with constitutional continuity of more than a few centuries, including constitutional monarchies like Denmark as well as old republics like San Marino and Switzerland . </P> <P> In Italy the use of coats of arms was only loosely regulated by the states existing before the unification of 1861 . Since the Consulta Araldica, the college of arms of the Kingdom of Italy, was abolished in 1948, personal coats of arms and titles of nobility, though not outlawed, are not recognised . </P> <P> Coats of arms in Spain were generally left up to the owner themselves, but the design was based on military service and the heritage of their grandparents . In France, the coat of arms is based on the Fleur - de-lys and the Rule of Tinctures used in English heraldry as well . </P>

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