Simpele

SIMPELE

Region : Etelä-Karjala
Former province : Etelä-Suomi (until 1997 Kymi)
Incorporated into : 1973 Rautjärvi

Official blazon

Punaisessa kentässä yläreunaltaan sakarakoroinen kaarihirsi, saatteena kolme apilaa, kaksi kaarihirren ylä- ja yksi alapuolella; kaikki hopeaa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 25, 1955.

The arms show three trefoils and a part of a wheel, symbolising the agriculture and industry in the municipality.

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

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