Oravais

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ORAVAIS - ORAVAINEN

Region : Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Incorporated into : 2011 Vörå

Oravaine.jpg

Official blazon

  • (fi) Sinisessä kentässä palkeittain asetettu hopeinen väkivasara, saatteena sen kummallakin puolella hopeinen, kultaliekkinen kranaatti.
  • (sv) I blått fält en balkvis ställd stång­ hammare av silver, på båda sidor åtföljd av en bomb av silver med låga av guld.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 14, 1954.

The hammer refers to the local iron mining and iron industry. The two bombs refer to the Battle of Oravais in 1808.


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Literature : Pirinen, 1982