Noormarkku

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NOORMARKKU

Region : Satakunta
Former province : Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Incorporated into : 2010 Pori

Official blazon

Kultakentässä mustalla alasimella istuva punainen orava.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 2, 1956.

The arms show a squirrel on an anvil. The arms symbolise the iron works near the waterfall in the Oravanjoki river (oravan=squirrel).

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

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

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