Posio

POSIO

Region : Lapland
Former province : Lapland

Mustassa kentässä kolme hopeista kotaa ryhmitettyinä 2+1; oviaukot punaiset.

The arms were officially granted on May 12, 1958.

The arms show three typical Sami huts, as the sami are the native people in this area.

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

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

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