Etoy (Vaud)

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ETOY

Canton : Vaud

Official blazon

Parti d'azur à deux clefs d'or posées en sautoir, et d'argent à l'écureuil de sable.

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted in 1920.

The arms show the crossed keys for St. Peter, the patron saint of the St. Bernhard Abbey, which had a priory in Etoy. The squirrel is a symbol for the local nickname of the villagers.