LE VILLAGE DE LA SICAUDAIS

La Sicaudais belongs to the town of Arthon-en-Retz, which in 2016 became Chaumes-en-Retz (merger of Arthon-en-Retz and Chéméré).

The village of La Petite Sicaudais once had a castle, of which only a recently restored chapel remains. The castle of the seigneury of La Sicaudais and its private chapel are mentioned in 1119. In 1587, the lord of La Sicaudais welcomed the future king Henri IV to his table.
La Sicaudais has a modest church, where 20 inhabitants massacred during the Vendée wars lie buried beneath the altar.


Significance of the Sicaudais coat of arms
Quarterly: on the first, Gules a jug Or, on a chief Argent three ermine spots Sable; on the second, Azure a bell tower Argent; on the third, Azure a chestnut tree also Argent; on the fourth, Gules a feather Or in bar; on the whole, in banner, Or a cross Sable.
Comments:
The jug is a reminder of the many potters in the town in the 19th and 20th centuries. The bell tower represents the memorial to the Resistance (following the southern pocket of Saint-Nazaire) in 1945. The chestnut tree evokes the tree under which King Henry IV rested. The feather used to be a palm tree, evoking the patron saint of the parish, Saint Victoire. The central escutcheon represents the coat of arms of the Pays de Retz: Or with a Sable cross, a reminder that La Sicaudais belongs to this region. The ermine spots evoke the plain ermine coat of arms of Brittany, recalling the town's past membership of the Duchy of Brittany. Coat of arms designed by Paul Masson.