Outokumpu
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OUTOKUMPU
Region : Pohjois-Karjala
Former province : Itä-Suomi (until 1997 Pohjois-Karjala)
Official blazon
Punaisessa kentässä on kuusikoroinen lakio, jonka alapuolella kuparinmerkki; kaikki kultaa.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on 18-2-1953.
The arms were granted originally to the municipality of Kuusjärvi, which formed Outukumpu city in 1968. The upper part of the arms were canting for Kuusjärvi, which means grain-lake. The copper sign is a symbol for the rich copper mines around the town.
The arms on a road sign |
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
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