Pukkila

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PUKKILA

Region : Uusimaa (2009-2011 (Itä-Uusimaa)
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, until 1997 Uusimaa

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Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä hopeinen pukinpää.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 29, 1954.

The arms are canting, the name is derived from the word for Buck.

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