Vanaja

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VANAJA

Region : Kanta-Häme
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)
Incorporated into : 1967 Hämeenlinna

Vanaja Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Punaisessa kentässä hopeinen, sinivaruksinen ilveksen pää; korvatöyhdöt mustat.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 26, 1957.

The arms show a lynx's head, taken from the arms of the Häme province. The arms indicate that Vanaja is one of the oldest settlements in the province.

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

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