Deftinge is a small village which makes up part of the municipality of Lierde in the Belgian province of East Flanders. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or Lierde is a Municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. East Flanders ( Oost-Vlaanderen in Dutch, Flandre orientale in French) is a province of Flanders, one of the three
The village's coat of arms is of unknown origin. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people The arms were granted on February 24, 1819 and confirmed on July 21, 1843. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common