Kitee
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KITEE
Region : Pohjois-Karjala
Former province : Itä-Suomi (until 1997 Pohjois-Karjala)
Additions : 2013 Kesälahti
Official blazon
Puna-mustakatkoisessa kilvessä hopeinen ruoriratas.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on November 7, 1953.
The arms show a steering wheel of a ship. The wheel symbolises the importance of shipping on the lakes for the local community. In 1833 the first steamboat was launched in Puhos in the municipality for sailing on Lake Saima.
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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.