Mörel-Filet commune (Valais/Wallis canton, Switzerland) (original) (raw)

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[ [Flag of Mörel-Filet] ](../images/c/ch-vs-mf.jpg)image located by Martin Karner

Gules, an ox head guardant Sable holding two ears of grain Or in the mouth a chief Azure bearing a five-pointed mullet of the Third.
Christopher Southworth

On 1 January 2009 the new commune was formed by the merger of Mörel and Filet (see below).
The new emblem adopted the symbolism of the old Filet emblem (leaving out the wavy bar), which anticipated the merger (see description at Filet).

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Mörel (until 31 December 2008)

[ [Flag of Mörel] ](../images/c/ch-vs099.gif)image by Pascal Gross

Gules, an Ox head guardant Sable holding two Ears of grain Or in mouth.
Željko Heimer, 8 April 2000

Filet (until 31 December 2008)

[ [Flag of Filet] ](../images/c/ch-vs094.gif)image by Pascal Gross

Divided by a Bar wavy Argent, chief Azure a Mullet of Five Argent and base Gules an Oxen head guardant having two grain ears Or in mouth.
Željko Heimer, 8 April 2000

The star stands for Filet, the ox for Mörel, which is on the opposite side of the Rhone river (which is called Rotten in the Upper Valais), symbolized by the wavy bar.