Durbanville

	DURBANVILLE Country : South Africa Province : Western Cape Incorporated into : 1996 Tygerberg 2000 Cape Town Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-33.84100000000000108002495835535228252410888671875,"lon":18.650600000000000733280103304423391819000244140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Afrikaans	Wapen: In goud, 'n swart keper belaai met drie goue gerwe, vergesel in die skildhoof van twee swart sespuntige sterre en in die skildvoet van 'n druiwetros van natuurlike kleur. Helmteken: 'n Liggende rooi sfinks belaai met drie naas mekaar geplaaste goue ringe. Wrong en Dekklede: Goud en Swart. Wapenspreuk: SIT NOMINE DIGNA
English Arms: Or, on a chevron between in chief two six-pointed stars Sable and in base a bunch of grapes proper, three garbs Or. Crest: On a sphinx couchant Gules three annulets in fess Or. Wreath and mantling: Or and Sable. Motto: SIT NOMINE DIGNA

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted on April 12, 1948, and registered at the Bureau of Heraldry on February 13, 1981. The registration certificate was issued on August 14, 1981.

The golden shield, chevron and stars are from the shield of Sir Benjamin D’ Urban after whom Durbanville was named. The golden garbs and grapes show the importance of Durbanville as a agricultural and wine district.

The motto means : May it be worthy of his name

These arms were among the earliest to be adopted in response to the Cape Provincial Administration's call, in December 1947, for municipal heraldry to be improved

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