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TAMMISAARI - EKENÄS
Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1977 Snappertuna (partly), Tammisaaren maalaiskunta ; 1993 Tenhola (1977 Bromarv)
Incorporated into : 2009 Raasepori
Official blazon
- (fi) Hopeakentässä vihreä tammi, jonka terhot punaiset
- (se) I fält av silver en grön ek med röda ekollon.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on May 14, 1952.
The arms are canting, showing an oak tree (ek in Swedish), the name means oak-peninsula. The oak already appeared on the 16th century seals of the city.
Seal from around 1900. |
The arms on a road sign |
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
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