Peräseinäjoki

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PERÄSEINÄJOKI

Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Incorporated into : 2005 Seinäjoki

Official blazon

Hopeakentässä painanteisen pilvikoron rajoittama sininen lakio ja neljä nousevaa punaista liekkiä.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 23, 1959.

The arms refer to the traditional slash-and-burn practice in the marshy lands to create new agricultural land. The division line refers to agriculture.

Literature: Pirinen, 1982

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