Kivijärvi
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KIVIJÄRVI
Region : Keski-Suomi
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi, 1960-1997 Keski-Suomi
Official blazon
Hopeakentässä punainen, alapuoleltaan aaltokoroinen irtohirsi, jolla seisoo musta, pu navaruksinen kukko.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on April 18, 1963.
The arms are based on the legend of the foundation of the local church. The church supposedly was founded on a place where a rooster, sailing on a small piece of wood, finally made a landfall.
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.