Töysä

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TÖYSÄ

Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Incorporated into : 2013 Alavus

Töysä Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä nyhäkoroinen kärki, josta nousee kaarisakarainen risti; molemmat hopeaa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 18, 1959.

The arms show the old ruin of a chapel on top of the Tohninmäki hills close to the village. This ruin is a landmark in the area.

Since 2013 the arms are used by the new Alavus municipality.

Arms of Töysä

The arms on a road sign

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

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