Kokemäki

KOKEMÄKI

Region : Satakunta
Former province : Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Additions: 1969 Kauvatsa

Sinisessä kentässä hopeinen, kultapäärmeinen ja -nauhainen piispanhiippa.

The arms were granted on February 4, 1953.

The mitre in the arms symbolises the martyr-bishop St. Henrik who preached in the area in the 11^th century.

The arms on a road sign

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

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