Council of Heraldry and Vexillology

This institution was created in 1985 through a decree by the French Community of Belgium.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pfwb.be/le-travail-du-parlement/doc-et-pub/documents-parlementaires-et-decrets/documents/000045030|title=Décret instituant le Conseil d'Héraldique et de Vexillologie de la Communauté française de Belgique et fixant le drapeau, le sceau et les armoiries des villes et des communes — Parlement de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Communauté française|website=www.pfwb.be|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mouscron.be/ma-ville/administration/archives/recherches/histoire-locale-1/armoiries-1|title=Armoiries — Ville de Mouscron|website=www.mouscron.be|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-13}} Its first purpose was to give the French Community its arms, to recognise the arms, seals and flags of cities and municipalities (communes){{Cite web|url=https://www.lalibre.be/regions/brabant/waterloo-a-son-drapeau-51b895d4e4b0de6db9b0a952|title=Waterloo a son drapeau|last=Libre.be|first=La|date=2007-10-17|website=www.lalibre.be|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-13}} issued from fusions{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesoir.be/art/les-miroirs-de-l-identite-communale-mode-d-emploi-ils-s_t-19950720-Z09U06.html|title=LES MIROIRS DE L'IDENTITE COMMUNALE MODE D'EMPLOI ILS SONT SEPT A VEILLER SUR NOS ARMOIRIES|website=Le Soir|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-13}} and to publish from its work, an armorial of the French Community of Belgium.

After this armorial was published in 2002,Lieve Viaene-Awouters and Ernest Warlop, t. 1 : Communes wallonnes A-L, Brussels, Dexia, 2002 and Lieve Viaene-Awouters and Ernest Warlop, t. 2 : Communes wallonnes M-Z, Communes bruxelloises, Communes germanophones, Brussels, Dexia, 2002 the council was charged in 2010 to give to the government opinions and advice regarding anything concerning arms of physical persons, families and family associations and their registry.This new mission was intended in a decree from 2004 but the execution decree was only published in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/des-armoiries-pour-150-euros-51b88073e4b0de6db9a95377|title=Des armoiries pour 150 euros|last=Libre.be|first=La|date=2003-10-16|website=www.lalibre.be|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-13}} This mission was previously the role of the Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office.{{Cite web|url=http://oghb.be/heraldique-en-belgique|title=Héraldique en Belgique {{!}} Association Royale Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique|website=oghb.be|access-date=2019-12-13}}

File:Arms of Walloon Brabant.svg|Coat of arms of Walloon Brabant, incorporating the arms of the historical Duchy of Brabant and Wallonia's rooster. Granted on 2 January 1995 by the Council.

File:Blason ville be Mouscron.svg|Coat of arms of the city of Mouscron, recognised on 18 December 1991 by the Council.

File:Uccle Blason.svg|The coat of arms of the municipality of Uccle.

File:Dewandre achievement.svg|The arms of the Dewandre family were registered by the Council on 12 January 2013Jean-Paul Springael, Armoiries de personnes physiques et d'association familiale en communauté française, edited by the management of the Patrimoine culturel, 2012-2013, pp. 78-79The Belgian official journal, 26 August 2013, p. 56337, no 69.

File:Flag of Wallonia.svg|Flag of Wallonia

The Flemish Heraldic Council has a similar purpose in the Flemish Community and the Council of Nobility (est. 1844) grants arms to the nobility in all of Belgium.

• Armoiries de personnes physiques et d’association familiale en Communauté française. 2012-2013, Jean-Paul Springael, 2014, 221 pages. {{ISBN|978-2-930624-09-9}}

• Armoiries communales en Belgique. Communes wallonnes, bruxelloises et germanophones, Philippe de Bounam de Ryckholt, Christophe de Fossa, Albert Derbaix, Jean-Marie Duvosquel, Roger Harmignies, Christiane Pantens, Pierre Philippart de Foy, and Andrée Scufflaire; illustrations by Luc Onclin et Rudy Demotte. - Brussels : Dexia Banque, 2002. - 2 volumes. - {{ISBN|2-87193-294-8}}  

• Belgian heraldry
• Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office
• Burgher arms

• Council of Nobility
• Flemish Heraldic Council

• College of Arms (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
• Lord Lyon (Scotland)
• Chief Herald of Ireland
• Canadian Heraldic Authority
• Bureau of Heraldry (South Africa)

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• [https://patrimoineculturel.cfwb.be/index.php?id=7420 Council of Heraldry and Vexillology of the French Community of Belgium]
• [http://oghb.be Royal Association Genealogical and Heraldic Office of Belgium]

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