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'''VANTAA - VANDA''' (until 1972 Helsingin maalaiskunta, Helsingfors landskommun) | '''VANTAA - VANDA''' (until 1972 Helsingin maalaiskunta, Helsingfors landskommun) | ||
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[[File:vantaa.jpg|center|{{PAGENAME}} Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen]] | [[File:vantaa.jpg|center|{{PAGENAME}} Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Sinisessä kentässä alainen, aaltokoroinen hopeahirsi, josta oikealle kaartuva kultainen kalanpyrstö. | Sinisessä kentässä alainen, aaltokoroinen hopeahirsi, josta oikealle kaartuva kultainen kalanpyrstö. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on May 8, 1951. | The arms were officially granted on May 8, 1951. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Vantaa1.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a road sign | |align="center"|[[File:Vantaa1.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a road sign | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Vantaa2.jpg|center|350 px]] <br/>The arms on the town hall | |align="center"|[[File:Vantaa2.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on the town hall | ||
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[[Literature]] : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p. | |||
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[[Category:Finnish Municipalities V]] | [[Category:Finnish Municipalities V]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:26, 25 August 2023
VANTAA - VANDA (until 1972 Helsingin maalaiskunta, Helsingfors landskommun)
Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa
Official blazon
Sinisessä kentässä alainen, aaltokoroinen hopeahirsi, josta oikealle kaartuva kultainen kalanpyrstö.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on May 8, 1951.
The arms refer to the Vantaa river, which flows through the town, and originally it was an important source of salmon fishing, indicated by the salmon tail in the arms.
 The arms on a road sign |
 The arms on the town hall |
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
 Maailman heraldika |
 Suomen vaakunat Finsk heraldik |
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