Lapua

LAPUA

Region : Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)

Official blazon

Kultakentässä musta, kävelevä, punavaruksinen karhu, jolla ratsastaa siniseen vyötettyyn mekkoon, housuihin ja paulakenkiin pukeutunut mies, pidellen oikeassa kädessään iskuun kohotettua, mustaa nuijaa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 11, 1950.

The arms are based on the old parish seal. The meaning is not known.

The arms on a road sign

Literature: Pirinen, 1982

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