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Kultakentässä hirsittäin, alatusten, kolme mustaa tervavenettä tynnyreineen. | Kultakentässä hirsittäin, alatusten, kolme mustaa tervavenettä tynnyreineen. | ||
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The arms were officially granted on March 20, 1953. | The arms were officially granted on March 20, 1953. | ||
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PALTAMO
Region : Kainuu
Former province : Oulu
Official blazon
Kultakentässä hirsittäin, alatusten, kolme mustaa tervavenettä tynnyreineen.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 20, 1953.
The arms are canting, paltamo means a tar boat and the arms thus show three black boats. Tar was made for boats here since the 16th century, but only in the 19th century tar trading became of great local importance.
 The arms on a road sign |
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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.