Pyhäntä

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PYHÄNTÄ

Region : Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Former province : until 2009 Oulu

Pyhäntä Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Punaisessa kentässä kolme alaista hirttä, joitten pääliikkeenä viisi tyvestä nousevaa suippokärkistä paalua; kaikki hopeaa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 11, 1969.

The fence has two meanings, it may be canting as Pyhä means secluded or limited and the village has been on the border several times in history.


Arms of Pyhäntä

The arms on a road sign

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Literature : Pirinen, 1982