Töysä
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TÖYSÄ
Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)
Incorporated into : 2013 Alavus
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.
 The arms on a road sign |
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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.