Belfaux commune (Fribourg/Freiburg canton, Switzerland) (original) (raw)

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Or a doe Sable langued Gules statant on a coupeau Vert and in chief sinister a rose of the Third barbed in the Fourth and seeded of the First.
Christopher Southworth

On 1 January 2016 Autafond became part of Belfaux, and a new emblem was introduced.

See also: STATANT in Dictionary of Vexillology

• Belfaux (1978–2015)
• Belfaux (until 1977)
• Autafond
• Cutterwil

See also:

• Sarine district
• Fribourg/Freiburg canton
• Switzerland

Belfaux (1 January 1978 until 31 December 2015)

[](../images/c/ch-fr281.gif) image by Pascal Gross

Or a issuant from a coupeau (of three) Vert a beach tree of the same with trunk and branches Brunatre.
Christopher Southworth

The flag of Belfaux was based on the armorial of Fribourg canton dated 1981. The problem is that the new flag of Belfaux, made after the fusion with the commune of Cutterwil, has been adopted this same year, but the fusion has been achieved in 1977. This was misleading as Cutterwil doesn't appear anymore in the armorial, but the flag of Belfaux in this same book is still the old one, and not the one adopted after the fusion.
The new flag of Belfaux features a beech-tree in the shape of a leave making the flag canting as Belfaux comes from Bellus Fagus (fine beech-tree).
Pascal Gross, 18 July 2002

Belfaux (until 31 December 1977)

[](../images/c/ch-fr179.gif) image by Pascal Gross

Or a Doe Sable langued Gules statant on Coupeaux Vert and in Chief Sinister a Cross pattee Gules.
Željko Heimer, 23 November 2000

Autafond (until 31 December 2015)

[](../images/c/ch-fr176.gif) image by Pascal Gross

Per pale Argent and Gules three Roses counterchanged barbed and seeded proper.
Željko Heimer, 23 November 2000

Cutterwil (until 31 December 1977)

[](../images/c/ch-fr282.gif) image by Pascal Gross

Azure a Rooster hardy Or crested and jelloped Gules.
Željko Heimer, 20 July 2002

See also: JELLOPED in Dictionary of Vexillology