Alins

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ALINS

Region : Catalonia
Province : Lleida
District (Comarca) : Pallars Sobirá

Official blason

• (es) Escudo embaldosaso: de plata, un valle de sinople surmontado de un oso de sable pasante, armado, lampasado y vilenado de gules. Al timbre, corona mural de villa.
• (ca) Escut caironat: d'argent, una vall de sinople sobremuntada d'un ós de sable passant armat, lampassat i vergat de gules. Per timbre una corona mural de vila.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 11, 1995.

The village of Alins is the centre of the Vall Ferrera; this valley is symbolized under the black bear, a traditional sign of this village; in fact, you could find frequently bears in the forests of the high valleys in the Pyrenees.

Literature : Image taken from here; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona