Hanko

HANKO - HANGÖ

Region: Uusimaa
Former province: 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa

Sini-hopeakatkoisessa kilvessä hopea-punakatkoinen majakka, jonka ovi- ja ikkuna-aukot ovat siniset; tornin yläpuolella kuusisakarainen hopeatähti.

The arms were officially granted on January 4, 1960.

The arms are based on older arms dating from 1881 and show the local lighthouse, which was built in 1815.

The arms on a cover	The arms on a road sign
The arms on a Dutch Willem II cigar band

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

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