Kurikka

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KURIKKA

Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Additions : 2009 Jurva

Kurikka Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

  • (1951) Hopea-sinikatkoisen kilven yläkentässä sininen hirvenpää, jonka kieli ja hampaat punaiset; alakentässä kaksi hopeista piikkinuijaa ristikkäin.
  • (2009) Siniseen ja hopeaan lohenpyrstökoroilla halkaistu kilpi.

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted on January 1, 2009.

The arms simply refer to the merger of the two former municipality and their tight connections.

The previous arms were granted on September 14, 1951.

Kurikka.jpg

The upper half shows a moose head, derived from a local legend in which moose hunters played a major role. The lower half shows two warrior clubs, a canting symbol (kurikka=club).

Arms of Kurikka

The old arms on a road sign

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