Hinnerjoki

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HINNERJOKI

Region : Satakunta
Former province : Western Finland (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Incorporated into : 1970 Eura

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Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä vieretysten kolme hopeista, paaluittaista, kivistä vasarakirveen päätä.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 4, 1953.

The arms show three Stone Age hammer axe-heads. These are a symbol for th emany prehistoric findings in the municipality.

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