Honkilahti

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HONKILAHTI

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

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Official blazon

Hopeakentässä vihreä kuusi, sen alla vihreä, aaltokoroinen tyviö, jossa hopeinen uiva siika.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 12, 1951.

The arms refer to the local forests and the fish-rich Pyhäjärvi lake.

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