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Jorat-Mézières commune (Vaud canton, Switzerland)

image located by Martin Karner

Vert a saltire Or with three potato plants in bend Argent and Or.
Christopher Southworth

On 1 July 2016 the new commune of Jorat-Mézières was formed by the merger of Carrouge, Ferlens and Mézières (see below).

Jorat-Mézières' emblem is the only one in Switzerland with potato blossoms (as was Mézières' potato plant). They remind of a court case in 1790, when local pastor Martin refused to pay the tithe tax on the potatoes on the grounds that they are not grain, but a vegetable. He was arrested because of it, but in the capital Bern (Vaud was still part of Bern) finally acquitted.

See also: IN BEND in Dictionary of Vexillology

Carrouge
Ferlens
Mézières

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Carrouge (until 30 June 2016)

image by Pascal Gross

Gules, a saltire Or, in chief, dexter and sinister three roses, and in base a crescent upwards all of the same.
Željko Heimer, 30 August 1999

Ferlens (until 30 June 2016)

image by Pascal Gross

Vert, bordered Or, an Arrow point bendwise Argent.
Željko Heimer, 17 September 1999

Mézières (until 30 June 2016)

image by Pascal Gross

Azure, from a Coupeaux Vert rising a Potato Plant Vert flowered Argent and Or; in chief a Mullet of Six Argent.
Željko Heimer, 10 October 1999

The potato derives from a potato dime story that agitated minds around 1790.
Pascal Gross, 8 October 1999