Broût-Vernet

Département : Allier

Official blazon

De gueules à deux crosses d'or passées en sautoir, accompagnées d'un rencontre de taureau en chef, d'une feuille d'orme en pointe et de deux tours ouvertes du champ aux flancs, le tout d'argent; au chef cousu d'azur chargé de trois étoiles d'argent.

Origin/meaning

The two crosiers refer to St. Mazeran, the local patron saint, and St. Gilbert, the patron saint of the Bourbonnais region and alledgedly born in Broût-Vernet.

The bull's head is a canting element (broutard means young cow/bull). The two towers refer to the beauty of the local architecture.

The chief is taken from the armas of the local De Brout family.