Kangasala
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KANGASALA
Region : Pirkanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)
Additions: 2005 Sahalahti; 2011 Kuhmalahti
Official blazon
Hopeakentässä harppu, jonka yhdyspuu ja kaula muodostavat kotkakuvion, saatteena seitsemän pisaraa asetettuina 2+2+2+1; kaikki punaisia.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on September 11, 1951.
The harp is a symbol for a song, A summerday in Kangsala. The drops are derived from a local legend involving crying stones.
The arms on a road sign |
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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