Heinolan maalaiskunta ( sv, Heinola landskommun; literally "Heinola Rural Municipality") is a former municipality in Päijänne Tavastia,

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. It was established in 1848. It surrounded

Heinola Heinola () is a town and a municipality of inhabitants () located in the eastern part of the Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland, near the borders of the South Savonia region and the Kymenlaakso region. It is the third largest municipality in ...

town and was united to Heinola in 1997. Most of its surface area was forest. Population was about 8000 before uniting to Heinola. *http://www.paijat-hamewiki.fi/wiki/Heinolan_maalaiskunta Päijät-Häme wiki, ''Finnish'' *

Facta (encyclopedia) ''Facta'' is an encyclopedia in Finnish. It was published as a series of 11 volumes with more than 150,000 entries between 1969 and 1974. It describes subjects from a Finnish point of view. It was run by editors in chief Veli Valpola and Maija N ...

part 5, page 610 and 611 Coat of arms was figuring

sleigh A sled, skid, sledge, or sleigh is a land vehicle that slides across a surface, usually of ice or snow. It is built with either a smooth underside or a separate body supported by two or more smooth, relatively narrow, longitudinal runners s ...

parts. Theme was inspired in 1934, describing maybe the world's oldest part that included to sleigh. Part was founded from ''Tuusjärvi'' village and is now held in

National Museum of Finland The National Museum of Finland ( fi, Kansallismuseo, sv, Nationalmuseum) presents Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural history. The Finnish National Romantic style building is located in central He ...

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Heinola Former municipalities of Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

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