Seinäjoen maalaiskunta

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SEINÄJOEN MAALAISKUNTA

Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Incorporated into : 1959 Seinäjoki

Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä kolme hirsinäistä hopea-avainta alatusten.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 16, 1954.

The arms show three keys, shich are designed to show the municipality's initial letter. The keys also represent the type associated with grain sheds in the areaand symbolizes both the district's fertility and the municipality's central location, its "key role" in the west part of Finland.

Literature: Pirinen, 1982