Pertteli

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PERTTELI

Region : Varsinais-Suomi
Former province : Western Finland (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Incorporated into : 2009 Salo

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Official blazon

Mustassa kentässä hopeinen P. Pärttyli, oikeassa kädessään punavartinen kultaveitsi, vasemmassa kultakirja, jonka kannessa punainen risti; sädekehä kultaa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 12, 1957.

The arms show the patron saint of the local 15th century church, St. Bartholomew.

Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.