Champmartin

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CHAMPMARTIN

Canton : Vaud
Incorporated into: 2002 Cudrefin

Armoiries de Champmartin

Official blazon

D'or à l'écrevisse de gueules.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted in 1915.

The arms with a crayfish are based on the nickname of the villagers at the time. I have no information why they were called crayfish.



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Literature : Dubois and Cornaz, 1922