Porvoo

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PORVOO - BORGÅ

Region : Uusimaa (2009-2011 (Itä-Uusimaa)
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1997 Porvoon maalaiskunta

Porvoo Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä hopeinen, tulusraudanmuotoinen C-kirjain.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 1, 1960.

The arms show an old letter C. Already the town's seal showed only the letter C, probably derived from the word castrum (fortress).

Seal from around 1900	Seal from around 1900
The arms on a road sign	The arms on the town hall
Postal cancellation 1946

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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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