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'''AVENCHES ''' | '''AVENCHES ''' | ||
Canton : [[Vaud]]<br/> | Canton : [[Vaud]]<br/> | ||
Additions : 2006 [[Donatyre]]; 2011 [[Oleyres]] | Additions: 2006 [[Donatyre]]; 2011 [[Oleyres]] | ||
[[File:avenches.jpg|center|Armoiries de {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:avenches.jpg|center|Armoiries de {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
De gueules au buste de maure de profil au naturel, tortillé d'argent et vêtu d'azur au col d'or. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are based on the oldest seals of the town, which showed a man's head. Only on the seal of 1564 the head was changed into a Moor, probably based on some legends regarding Saracens in the region. The arms have not changed since. | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Switzerland|'''Literature''']] : | |||
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{{media}} Dubois and Cornaz, 1922; Kohler, 1896 | |||
[[Category:Swiss Municipalities A]] | |||
[[Category:Vaud]] | [[Category:Vaud]] | ||