Lappee
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LAPPEE
Region : Etelä-Karjala
Former province : Etelä-Suomi (until 1997 Kymi)
Incorporated into : 1967 Lappeenranta
Official blazon
Puna-mustahalkoisessa kilvessä oikealle katsova P. Laurentius pitäen oikeassa kädessään kohotettuna halstaria ja vasemmassa kultarahoja; kaikki muu hopeaa.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on February 4, 1953.
The arms show St. Lawrence, the patron saint of the village. The saint also appeared on the local district seal from the 17th century.
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.