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Revision as of 07:17, 19 December 2015
PORVOO - BORGÅ
Region : Uusimaa (2009-2011 (Itä-Uusimaa)
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1997 Porvoon maalaiskunta
Official blazon
Sinisessä kentässä hopeinen, tulusraudanmuotoinen C-kirjain.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 1, 1960.
The arms show an old letter C. Already the town's seal showed only the letter C, probably derived from the word castrum (fortress).
 The arms on a road sign |
 The arms on the town hall |
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.