Loimaa

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LOIMAA

Region: Varsinais-Suomi
Former province: Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Additions: 2005 Loimaan kunta (1976 Metsämaa); 2009 Alastaro, Mellilä

Loimaa Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

  • (1952) Sinisessä kilvessä palkeittain puupuntari; saatteena sen molemmin puolin paaluittainen tähkä; kaikki kultaa.
  • (2005) Sinisessä kentässä paaluittain vehnäntähkä, jossa kaksi lehteä, saatteena neljä apilaristiä asetettuina 2+2; kaikki kultaa.

Origin/meaning

Since 2005 the municipality uses the old arms of Loimaan kunta.

The previous arms were granted on August 8, 1952.

Loimaa.jpg

The arms are based on the town's seal. The seal showed a balance, of which one arm was placed in the arms. The wheatears indicate that the town is situated in one of the major agricultural areas of the country.


Coat of arms (crest) of Loimaa

The arms on a road sign
Coat of arms (crest) of Loimaa

The arms on the town hall

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


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