Nuijamaa

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NUIJAMAA

Region : Etelä-Karjala
Former province : Etelä-Suomi (until 1997 Kymi)
Incorporated into : 1989 Lappeenranta

Official blazon

Hopeakentässä esiin työntyvä, kultakyntinen, musta karhun kämmen, joka pitää punaista nuijaa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 24, 1960.

The arms show a bear's claw holding a club. The arms are partly canting, nuija means club. The bear is a common animal in the area.

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

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