Hanko
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HANKO - HANGÖ
Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa
Official blazon
Sini-hopeakatkoisessa kilvessä hopea-punakatkoinen majakka, jonka ovi- ja ikkuna-aukot ovat siniset; tornin yläpuolella kuusisakarainen hopeatähti.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on January 4, 1960.
The arms are based on older arms dating from 1881 and show the local lighthouse, which was built in 1815.
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The arms on a road sign |
The arms on a Dutch Willem II cigar band |
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.