Nokia

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NOKIA

Region : Pirkanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)
Additions: 1973 Suoniemi; 1976 Tottijärvi

Nokia Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Kultakentässä sininen, alainen aaltokoroinen palkki, jonka yläpuolella musta punavaruksinen näätä pystyasennossa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 25, 1951.

The arms show a marten, which is derived from the old name of the town (noki-näätä means a kind of marten). The blue bar symbolises the Nokia creek, a tributary of the Kumo river .

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


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