Tuupovaara

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TUUPOVAARA

Region : Pohjois-Karjala
Former province : Itä-Suomi (until 1997 Pohjois-Karjala)
Incorporated into : 2005 Joensuu

Official blazon

Mustassa kentässä tuohitorvea puhaltava, nouseva, hopeinen paimenpoika; tuohitorvi, kontti ja puukko kultaiset, kädet ja kasvot luonnonvärisiä

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 17, 1957.

The arms show a local shepherd boy with a traditional horn and birch-wood bag. They symbolise the relation with the forests in the history of the village.