Place:Taivassalo, Turku-Pori, Finland

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NameTaivassalo
TypeMunicipality
Located inTurku-Pori, Finland
Also located inVarsinais-Suomi, Länsi-Suomi, Finland    
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Taivassalo is a municipality of Finland, about from the city of Turku. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is .

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Its neighboring municipalities are Kustavi, Masku, Mynämäki, Naantali, Uusikaupunki and Vehmaa.

The medieval sailing ship appearing in the coat of arms of Taivassalo refers to the maritime connections the coastguard already had during the Northern Crusades, as well as to the medieval naval weaponry, the surviving information of which comes from Taivassalo itself. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson, and the Taivassalo municipal council approved it at its meeting on October 21, 1953. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on February 11, 1954.

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