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=== Heraldry and symbols === [[File:Kuusamo.vaakuna.svg|thumb|upright|[[Coat of arms]] of [[Kuusamo]]|alt=[[Coat of arms]] of [[Kuusamo]] features a male]] [[File:Inari.vaakuna.svg|thumb|upright|Coat of arms of [[Inari, Finland|Inari]]|alt=Coat of arms of [[Inari, Finland|Inari]], a fish with antlers]] Several Norwegian municipalities have one or more reindeer depicted in their coats-of-arms: [[Eidfjord Municipality]], [[Porsanger Municipality]], [[Rendalen Municipality]], [[Tromsø Municipality]], [[Vadsø Municipality]], and [[Vågå Municipality]]. The historic province of [[Västerbotten]] in [[Sweden]] has a reindeer in its coat of arms. The present [[Västerbotten County]] has very different borders and uses the reindeer combined with other symbols in its coat-of-arms. The city of [[Piteå]] also has a reindeer. The logo for [[Umeå University]] features three reindeer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoenheten.umu.se/grafisk-profil/logotyp/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418134454/http://www.infoenheten.umu.se/grafisk-profil/logotyp/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2013 |title=Logotyp |language=Swedish |publisher=[[Umeå University]] |access-date=7 March 2012 }}</ref> The Canadian 25-cent coin or "[[Quarter (Canadian coin)|quarter]]" features a depiction of a caribou on one face. The caribou is the official provincial animal of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada, and appears on the [[coat of arms of Nunavut]]. A caribou statue was erected at the centre of the [[Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial]], marking the spot in France where hundreds of soldiers from Newfoundland were killed and wounded in [[World War I]]. There is a replica in [[Bowring Park (St. John's)|Bowring Park]] in St. John's, Newfoundland's capital city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial |website=Canada and the First World War |publisher=Canadian War Museum |url=https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/after-the-war/remembrance/beaumont-hamel-newfoundland-memorial/ |access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref> Two municipalities in Finland have reindeer motifs in their coats-of-arms: [[Kuusamo]] has a running reindeer;<ref>[http://www.kuusamo.fi/Resource.phx/sivut/sivut-kuusamo/yleistietoa/tunnukset.htx Coat of arms for Kuusamo] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724061159/http://www.kuusamo.fi/Resource.phx/sivut/sivut-kuusamo/yleistietoa/tunnukset.htx |date=24 July 2012}}. Kuusamo.fi. Retrieved on 19 April 2014.</ref> and [[Inari, Finland|Inari]] has a fish with reindeer antlers.<ref>[http://www.inari.fi/fi/inari-info/viestintamateriaalia/inarin-vaakuna.html Coat of arms for Inari] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619014605/http://www.inari.fi/fi/inari-info/viestintamateriaalia/inarin-vaakuna.html |date=19 June 2013}}. Inari.fi.</ref>
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