Hyrynsalmen
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HYRYNSALMEN
Region : Kainuu
Former province : Oulu
Official blazon
Hopeisessa kentässä sininen aaltokoroinen paalu, jossa kultainen tervatynnyri.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 8, 1968.
The arms show a tar barrel, as tar making was one of the main economic activities for the region for many centuries. The wavy pale is canting, salmen means waves.
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
