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Châtel-sur-Montsalvens commune (Fribourg/Freiburg canton, Switzerland)

See also:

Gruyère district
Fribourg/Freiburg canton
Switzerland
EMBATTLED in Dictionary of Vexillology

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens

image by Pascal Gross

Gules, in base issuant a Wall embattled Argent on it a Crane of the same rising and in chief dexter a Mullet of Five Or.
Željko Heimer/Christopher Southworth

The battlements on the wall seem to indicate a castle which makes the emblem canting. Châtel comes from Latin castellum (castle).