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''' SAINT-VIT'''
''' SAINT-VIT'''


Département : [[Doubs]]
Département : [[Doubs]]


[[File:s-vit.jpg|center|350 px|Armoiries de {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:s-vit.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
{| class="wikitable"
De gueules à la bande d'argent chargée d'une lionne bondissante de sable, accompagnée d'un soleil couchant et d'une roue de six rayons en pointe, le tout d'or.
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|'''French'''
| De gueules à la bande d'argent chargée d'une lionne bondissante de sable, accompagnée d'un soleil couchant et d'une roue de six rayons en pointe, le tout d'or.
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|'''English'''
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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The red colour is the colour of the patron saint, Saint Vitus. The sun refers to King Louis XIV (the 'Sun-King'), who once passed through the village. The lion is the lion of the Franche-Comté in different colours. The wheel refers to the fact that the village historically has been on a main road (hence the passage of the King).
The red colour is the colour of the patron saint, Saint Vitus. The sun refers to King Louis XIV (the 'Sun-King'), who once passed through the village. The lion is the lion of the Franche-Comté in different colours. The wheel refers to the fact that the village historically has been on a main road (hence the passage of the King).


[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr


[[Category:French Municipalities S]]
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[[Category:Doubs]]
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[[Category:Granted 1985]]
[[Category:Granted 1985]]

Latest revision as of 14:22, 7 January 2024

SAINT-VIT

Département : Doubs

Blason de Saint-Vit/Arms (crest) of Saint-Vit
Official blazon
French De gueules à la bande d'argent chargée d'une lionne bondissante de sable, accompagnée d'un soleil couchant et d'une roue de six rayons en pointe, le tout d'or.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted on March 2, 1985.

The red colour is the colour of the patron saint, Saint Vitus. The sun refers to King Louis XIV (the 'Sun-King'), who once passed through the village. The lion is the lion of the Franche-Comté in different colours. The wheel refers to the fact that the village historically has been on a main road (hence the passage of the King).

Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr


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