Saint-Sornin-Lavolps

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SAINT-SORNIN-LAVOLPS

Département : Corrèze

Official blazon
French	De gueules au renard rampant d'or, au franc-canton sénestre d'azur à trois demi-vols d'argent.
English	No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The fox in the arms is a canting element for Las Volps (Vulpes is Latin for fox), as the village was known in previous times. The free quarter shows the arms of the Donnet family, who ruled the village for a long priod of time.

The arms on municipal stationery (+/- 2011)

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