Hanko
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HANKO - HANGÖ
Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, 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.
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.