Thierrens
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Country : Switzerland  Canton : Vaud  Incorporated into :
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| French | De gueules au chien arrêté d'or colleté d'argent, à la bordure nébulée d'azur et d'argent. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The Thierrens council decided in 1923 to adopt arms. As no historical seals or arms were known, a contest was launched and 13 projects were entered.
The current arms were the winning design. The dog is taken as a symbol for the nickname of the villagers (the 'chiens', or dogs). The bordure nebuly is taken from the arms of the Lords of Grandson-Belmont, who owned Thierrens until the fourteenth century.
The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
Literature : Dessemontet, 1972; Nickame mentioned in Les sobriquets et les armoiries des communes (Arch. Her. Sig. Suisses, 1889)
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