Puumala

PUUMALA

Region : Etelä-Savo
Former province : 1997-2009 Itä-Suomi (until 1997 Mikkeli)

Official blazon

Mustassa kilvessä kolme kilventyvestä kohoavaa hopeista sudenhammasta, joissa mustat punaliekkiset kranaatit.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 18, 1963.

Puumala became a border village in 1743 and the narrow passages on the lake made it of strategic importance and resulted in many border disputes and fights. This is symbolised by the arms.

The arms on the town hall

Literature: Pirinen, 1982

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