Nakkila

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NAKKILA

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

Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä kultainen palkki, jossa musta nahkiainen; palkin kummallakin puolella kolme paaluittaista kultatähkää.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 16, 1953.

The arms show a golden bend between wheat ears, this symbolises the Kokemäenjoki river flowing between fertile land. The bend shows a common fish, a river lamprey.

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

Literature: Pirinen, 1982

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