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Latest revision as of 05:56, 3 September 2023

VILLERS-SAINTE-GERTRUDE

Province : Luxembourg
Incorporated into : 1977 Durbuy

Armoiries de Villers-Sainte-Gertrude

Official blazon

Parti; au 1 d'azur à une Sainte Gertrude, nimbée tenant de la senestre une crosse, le crosseron tourné à l'intérieur, trois rats grimpant sur le manche de la crosse, le tout d'or; au 2, coupé en chef d'or à trois pals de sable, en pointe d'azur à trois molettes d'argent.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 18, 1970.

The village was historically a longtime possession of the Abbey of Sainte-Gertrude of Nivelles. Hence the name and the image of St. Gertrude of Nivelles in the arms. The other half of the arms show the arms of the Bouvet family, lords of the village. The local castle was built in the 17th century by Lord Gilles Bouvet (ennobled 1698, died 1623).

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