Kemiö

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KEMIÖ - KIMITO

Region : Varsinais-Suomi
Former province : Western Finland (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Incorporated into : 2009 Kemiönsaari

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Official blazon

Kilpi lehmuskoroisesti puna-kultakatkoinen.
Sköld medelst lindskura delad av rött och guld.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 24, 1963.

The arms refer to the typical landscape with the many leaf trees.

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