Kuusamo

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KUUSAMO

Region : Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Former province : until 2009 Oulu

Kuusamo.jpg

Official blazon

Punakentässä hopeinen juokseva poro, jonka yläpuolella kultainen revontuli.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 23, 1959.

The arms show the northern lights (aurora borealis) as a symbol for the northern position of the municipality. The reindeer is the main animal kept in Lapland, and symbolises that Kuusamo once was the southernmost town in Lapland.


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