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{{Finland}} | {{Finland}} | ||
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'''PIEKSÄMÄKI''' | |||
Region : [[Etelä-Savo]]<br> | Region : [[Etelä-Savo]]<br> | ||
Former province : 1997-2009 [[Itä-Suomi]] (until 1997 [[Mikkeli (province)|Mikkeli)]]<br> | Former province : 1997-2009 [[Itä-Suomi]] (until 1997 [[Mikkeli (province)|Mikkeli)]]<br> | ||
Additions : 2004 [[Jäppilä]], [[Pieksämäen maalaiskunta]], [[Virtasalmi]] | Additions : 2007 [[Pieksänmaa]] (2004 [[Jäppilä]], [[Pieksämäen maalaiskunta]], [[Virtasalmi]]) | ||
[[File:pieksam2.jpg|center]] | [[File:pieksam2.jpg|center]] | ||
====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
Mustassa kentässä kolme hirsittäistä, hopeasulkaisa kultavasamaa alatusten. | *(1951) Mustassa kentässä kultainen vinoristin ja apilaristin yhdistelmä. | ||
*(2007) Mustassa kentässä kolme hirsittäistä, hopeasulkaisa kultavasamaa alatusten. | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms are those of the former Pieksämäen maalaiskunta municipality, continued in 2004. | The arms are those of the former Pieksämäen maalaiskunta municipality, continued in 2004 by Pieksänmaa and from 2007 onwards by Pieksämäki. | ||
The previous arms were granted on October 24, 1951. | |||
[[File:pieksama.jpg|center]] | |||
The town owns its importance to a junction of the major railway lines, which is symbolised by the cross. The leaves indicate that the town is the major town of importance in the area. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p. | ||
[[Category:Finnish Municipalities P]] | [[Category:Finnish Municipalities P]] | ||
[[Category:Etelä-Savo]] | [[Category:Etelä-Savo]] | ||
[[Category:Itä-Suomi]] | [[Category:Itä-Suomi]] | ||
[[Category:Mikkeli]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1951]] | |||