Lapinlahti

LAPINLAHTI

Region: Pohjois-Savo
Former province: 1997-2009 Itä-Suomi (until 1997 Kuopio)
Additions: 2011 Varpaisjärvi

Official blazon

Mustassa kentässä kaskenviertäjä työvälineenään viertokanki; miehen molemmin puolin saatteena kuusikärkinen tähti; kaikki kultaa, paitsi miehen kasvot ja kädet luonnonväriset sekä virsut ja viertokangen tyvi punaiset.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 11, 1952.

The arms show a person clearing the forest by slash-burning as was done in historical times.

The arms on a road sign

Literature: Pirinen, 1982

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