Kajaani
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KAJAANI
Region : Kainuu
Former province : Oulu
Additions : 1977 Kajaanin Maalaiskunta; 2007 Vuolijoki
Official blazon
Sinisessä kentässä alaisesta aaltokoroisesta hopeahirrestä nouseva kultainen kaksitorninen linna, jonka ikkuna- ja oviaukot punaiset.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1956.
The arms show the fortress that was built on an island in the local river in the 17th century. Ever since the town's seal used to show a castle.
In the 19th cnetury the city used different arms, showing the full fortress in the river.
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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p. Old image from Wikipedia