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PORVOO - BORGÅ

Region : Uusimaa (2009-2011 (Itä-Uusimaa)
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1997 Porvoon maalaiskunta

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Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä hopeinen, tulusraudanmuotoinen C-kirjain.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 1, 1960.

The arms show an old letter C. Already the town's seal showed only the letter C, probably derived from the word castrum (fortress).

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