Villouxel

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VILLOUXEL

Département : Vosges

Official blason

(fr) D’azur à la croix recroisetée au pied fiché d'or; mantelé de gueules chargé de deux chevronnels d'or, le premier haussé, le second brochant sur la partition, accompagnés à dextre d'un fourneau d'or maçonné de sable, au trou de coulée de gueules et crachant une fumée d'argent, à senestre d'un ours rampant d'or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on September 21, 2021.

The azure field and the double cross indicate that, under the Ancien Régime, the village depended on the Duchy of Bar. The red and the two golden chevronnels are based on the arms of Jean-François comte de Neuilly, the last lord of Morvilliers and Villouxel.

The furnace recalls the importance of the steel industry in the past in the village. The bear refers to the name of the village Villouxel which is partly derived from ursus, Latin for bear.

The periwinkles around the shield typically bloom in spring in the woods of Villouxel.