Karkku

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KARKKU

Region : Pirkanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)
Incorporated into : 1973 Vammala (2009 Sastamala)

Sinisessä kentässä kultainen, ulkoreunaltaan ristikoroinen vihkiristi.

The arms were granted on February 12, 1963.

The arms show a cross, taken from a cros sin the old stone church of the village, dating from the 14th century.

The arms were continued by the Sastamala municipality in 2009.

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

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