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[[File:Orleans, Frankrijk - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Jeanne d'Arc street ([[Orléans]]) were different regional and communal flags are hung]] |
[[File:Orleans, Frankrijk - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Jeanne d'Arc street ([[Orléans]]) were different regional and communal flags are hung]] |
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This is a '''list of [[Communes of France|communal]] flags in [[France]]'''. Communal flags are rarely used in France as communes usually favor [[Armorial of France|coats of arms]]. As a result, the info presented in this list also describes coats of arms. |
This is a '''list of [[Communes of France|communal]] flags in [[France]]'''. Communal flags are rarely used in France as communes usually favor [[Armorial of France|coats of arms]]. As a result, the info presented in this list also describes coats of arms. |
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=== [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] === |
=== [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] === |
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[[File:Pont Lafayette @ Lyon (27086690698).jpg|thumb|[[Lyon]] flag at Pont Lafayette bridge]] |
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File:Flag of Annecy.gif|alt=|[[Annecy]], [[Haute-Savoie]] |
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File:Logo- ARBENT.jpg|alt=|[[Arbent]], [[Ain]] |
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File:Flag of Annemasse.svg|alt=|[[Annemasse]], [[Haute-Savoie]] |
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File:Flag of Bourg-en-Bresse.svg|alt=|[[Bourg-en-Bresse]], [[Ain]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Annecy.svg}} || [[Annecy]], [[Haute-Savoie]] || || The flag has a red background with a white cross in the foreground. A white fish from the municipal coat of arms is placed in the canton. |
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File:Flag of Clermont-Ferrand.svg|alt=|[[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[Puy-de-Dôme]] |
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File:Flag of Cluses.png|alt=|[[Cluses]], [[Haute-Savoie]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Logo- ARBENT.jpg}} || [[Arbent]], [[Ain]] || || |
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File:Flag of Grenoble.svg|alt=|[[Grenoble]], [[Isère]] |
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File:Flag of Le Puy-en-Velay.svg|alt=|[[Le Puy-en-Velay]], [[Haute-Loire]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Annemasse.svg}} || [[Annemasse]], [[Haute-Savoie]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and yellow at the right. |
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File:Flag of Lyon, France.svg|alt=|[[Lyon]], [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]] |
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File:Flag of Montlucon.svg|alt=|[[Montluçon]], [[Allier]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Bourg-en-Bresse.svg}} || [[Bourg-en-Bresse]], [[Ain]] || || Banner of arms. |
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File:Flag of Pérouges.gif|alt=|[[Pérouges]], Ain |
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File:Drapeau Saint-Étienne (Loire).svg|alt=|[[Saint-Étienne]], [[Loire (department)|Loire]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Clermont-Ferrand.svg}} || [[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[Puy-de-Dôme]] || || Banner of arms. |
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File:Flag of Versonnex.gif|alt=|[[Versonnex, Ain|Versonnex]], [[Ain]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Cluses.svg}} || [[Cluses]], [[Haute-Savoie]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Etrembières.svg}} || [[Étrembières]], [[Haute-Savoie]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of green at the left and yellow at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Grenoble.svg}} || [[Grenoble]], [[Isère]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of red at the left and yellow at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Le Puy-en-Velay.svg}} || [[Le Puy-en-Velay]], [[Haute-Loire]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of yellow at the left and blue at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Lyon, France.svg}} || [[Lyon]], [[Metropolis of Lyon]] || 1320 || {{Main|Flag of Lyon}} A field of gules (red color), in which a lion appears rampant (of profile and erect) and of silver (white color). In chief, azure with three fleurs-de-lis Or (A blue division occupying the upper third (this is the "Head of France", granted to all "Bonnes Villes", which shows the heraldry of his former monarchs) with three stylised lily flowers)<br>The flag was already used on city seals in the [[Middle Ages]] and was given to the city as a symbol by [[Philip V of France|Philip V]] in 1320 after its liberation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.isolatedtraveller.com/lyon-coat-arms-flag/ |title=Lyon Coat of Arms and Flag |access-date=October 12, 2018 |last= |first= |date= |work=Isolated Traveller |publisher= |location= |language= |quote= }}</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Montlucon.svg}} || [[Montluçon]], [[Allier]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of yellow at the left and blue at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Montmélian.svg}} || [[Montmélian]], [[Savoie]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Pérouges.gif}} || [[Pérouges]], [[Ain]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Polignac.svg}} || [[Polignac, Haute-Loire|Polignac]], [[Haute-Loire]] || || The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours white and red. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Saint-Étienne (Loire).svg}} || [[Saint-Étienne]], [[Loire (department)|Loire]] || || The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Versonnex (Ain).svg}} || [[Versonnex, Ain|Versonnex]], [[Ain]] || || Banner of arms. |
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=== [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] === |
=== [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] === |
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[[File:Hôtel de Ville de Besançon en 1966.jpg|thumb|Former flag of Besançon at the City Hall of Besançon, taken in 1966]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Arbois.svg}} || [[Arbois]], [[Jura (department)|Jura]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of black at the left and yellow at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau officiel armorié Besançon.JPG}} || [[Besançon]], [[Doubs]] || 1537 || The eagle represents the [[House of Habsburg]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Two pillars represents the city's connection to [[Gibraltar]] and its relation to the [[Greco-Roman world]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Vesontio Besançon|last1=Walter|first1=Hélène|last2=Barçon|first2=Jean-Claude|publisher=Presses Universitaires de Lyon}}</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Arc-sous-Cicon.svg}} || [[Arc-sous-Cicon]], [[Doubs]] || || The flag has a horizontal [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of yellow, black and yellow. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau officiel armorié Besançon.JPG}}{{ListFlag|Flag of Besançon.svg}} || [[Besançon]], [[Doubs]] || 1537 || The eagle represents the [[House of Habsburg]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Two pillars represents the city's connection to [[Gibraltar]] and its relation to the [[Greco-Roman world]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Vesontio Besançon|last1=Walter|first1=Hélène|last2=Barçon|first2=Jean-Claude|publisher=Presses Universitaires de Lyon}}</ref> |
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The colours of the former flag are derived from the municipal coat of arms, similar to the [[Flag of Belgium|Belgian flag]]. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Dijon.svg}} || [[Dijon]], [[Côte-d'Or]] || 1391 ||Gules a chief per pale azure semy de lis or a bordure gobonny argent and gules and bendy of six or and azure a bordure gules. |
| {{ListFlag|Flag of Dijon.svg}} || [[Dijon]], [[Côte-d'Or]] || 1391 ||Gules a chief per pale azure semy de lis or a bordure gobonny argent and gules and bendy of six or and azure a bordure gules. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Ornans.svg}} || [[Ornans]], [[Doubs]] || || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of blue, red and yellow. The three colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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=== [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] === |
=== [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] === |
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[[File:Brest2012-Drapeau de Brest.JPG|thumb|[[Brest, France|Brest]] flag on a boat.]] |
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[[File:Kastell dinan (a-dost).jpg|thumb|[[Dinan]] flag on top of the [[Château de Dinan]].]] |
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File:Brest flag.svg|alt=|[[Brest, France|Brest]], [[Finistère]] |
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[[File:Drapeau de Lorient sur un voilier (3).JPG|thumb|[[Lorient]] flag on the sailboat l'''Hermine'']] |
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[[File:04526 Palais mairie pavois.JPG|thumb|Flags of [[Le Palais]], France and Europe on the front of the mayor's office.]] |
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File:Flag of Concarneau.svg|alt=|[[Concarneau]], [[Finistère]] |
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[[File:Tonnerres de Brest 2012 - 120715-053 Étoile du Roy.JPG|thumb|[[Saint-Malo]] flag on the ''Étoile du Roy''.]] |
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File:Flag of Dinan.svg|alt=|[[Dinan]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] |
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File:Drapeau de Dinard.svg|alt=|[[Dinard]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] |
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File:Flag of Dol-de-Bretagne.svg|alt=|[[Dol-de-Bretagne]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] |
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File:Flag of Fougères.svg|alt=|[[Fougères]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] |
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File:Flag of Guingamp.svg|alt=|[[Guingamp]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Bréhand.svg}} || [[Bréhand]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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File:Flag of Landerneau.svg|alt=|[[Landerneau]], [[Finistère]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Brest flag.svg}} || rowspan="4" | [[Brest, France|Brest]], [[Finistère]] || 15 July 1683 || The heraldic flag of Brest: the most commonly used flag in Brest today. |
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File:Flag of Landivisiau.svg|alt=|[[Landivisiau]], [[Finistère]] |
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File:Drapeau Lannion.svg|alt=|[[Lannion]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Banniel Brest (18vet kantved).svg}} || 18th century || Flag of Brest used in the 18th century. |
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File:Flag of Le Juch.svg|alt=|[[Le Juch]], [[Finistère]] |
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File:Flag of Lorient.svg|alt=|[[Lorient]], [[Morbihan]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Banniel Brest (16vet kantved).svg}} || 16th century || Flag of Brest used in the 16th century. |
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File:Drapeau Plérin.svg|alt=|[[Plérin]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] |
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File:Flag of Port-Louis.svg|alt=|[[Port-Louis, Morbihan|Port-Louis]], [[Morbihan]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Banniel Brest (15vet kantved).svg}} || 15th century || Flag of Brest used in the 15th century. |
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File:Drapeau Rennes.svg|alt=|[[Rennes]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] |
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File:Drapeau de Rostrenen.svg|alt=|[[Rostrenen]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Cesson-Sévigné.svg}} || [[Cesson-Sévigné]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] || || The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. |
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File:Drapeau Saint-Brieuc.svg|alt=|[[Saint-Brieuc]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] |
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File:Drapeau de Saint-Malo (20è siècle).svg|alt=|[[Saint-Malo]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Châteaugiron.svg}} || [[Châteaugiron]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] || || Banner of arms. |
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File:Drapeau de Vannes.svg|alt=|[[Vannes]], [[Morbihan]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Concarneau.svg}} || [[Concarneau]], [[Finistère]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Dinan.svg}} || [[Dinan]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Dinard.svg}} || [[Dinard]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] || 1998 || Created in 1997 by the Société bretonne de Vexillologie, as a reminder that the town's toponymy and history are linked to the legend of the [[Arthurian Romance]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marius Mallet |date=1986 |page=44 |publisher=Husson Publicite Impression |title=Dinard: son histoire}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Dol-de-Bretagne.svg}} || [[Dol-de-Bretagne]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Fougères.svg}} || [[Fougères]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Guerlesquin.svg}} || [[Guerlesquin]], [[Finistère]] || || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of yellow, red and yellow. The three colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Guingamp.svg}} || [[Guingamp]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. The flag consists of four horizontal stripes in the colours white and blue. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau hillion.svg}} || [[Hillion]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Landerneau.svg}} || [[Landerneau]], [[Finistère]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Landivisiau.svg}} || [[Landivisiau]], [[Finistère]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Lannion.svg}} || [[Lannion]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Le Juch.svg}} || [[Le Juch]], [[Finistère]] || 1999 || |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Lorient.svg}} || [[Lorient]], [[Morbihan]] || || From this coat of arms was developed a flag used by the Bagad Sonerien An Oriant, among others. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Mordelles.svg}} || [[Mordelles]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer.gif}} || [[Le Palais]], [[Morbihan]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Plédran.svg}} || [[Plédran]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Plérin.svg}} || [[Plérin]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Ploerendrapeau.jpg}} || [[Ploeren]], [[Morbihan]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Ville-ploermel.gif}} || [[Ploërmel]], [[Morbihan]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Port-Louis.svg}} || [[Port-Louis, Morbihan|Port-Louis]], [[Morbihan]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Rennes.svg}} || [[Rennes]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] || || The earliest known mention of the flag of Rennes (early 16th century) shows the municipal shield (played argent and sable of six pieces, on a chief argent three ermine spots sable) on a bistre yellow background. More recently, various variants have been used, both by the municipality and by other organizations in Rennes. The drawing opposite is the most common. Some believe that [[Morvan Marchal]] drew inspiration from it to create the [[flag of Brittany]]. Another design is used by the Bleuñ-Brug of [[Finistère]] and seems to have come from the mark of the Cercle Celtique de Rennes. A version featuring the tilted shield has been adopted by the [[Vern-sur-Seiche]] bagad.<ref>Divi Kervella, Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez, ''Guide des drapeaux bretons et celtes'', Fouenant, Éditions Yoran Embanner, 2008, p. 118, {{ISBN|978-2-916579-12-2}}.</ref> |
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A white flag sown with black ermines, with the city's coat of arms in the center, was used on the [[Rennes City Hall]] in contemporary times.<ref>[http://emblemes.free.fr/site/index.php?option=com_content&id=2428 Drapeaux de Rennes]</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Rostrenen.svg}} || [[Rostrenen]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Saint-Brieuc.svg}} || [[Saint-Brieuc]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Saint-Malo (20è siècle).svg}} || [[Saint-Malo]], [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] || || Saint-Malo's current flag is a blue flag with a white cross (the emblem of war ports under [[Louis XIV]]) and a gules franc quartier charged with a white ermine on a gold portcullis. Known as the "corsair flag", this is the flag of ships registered at the Saint-Malo Admiralty (and not the flag of Malouin privateers).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Georges Seigneur |author2=Henri-Georges Gaignard |date=1992 |page=43 |publisher=Fernand Lanore |title=Connaître Saint-Malo}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> In existence since the 18th century, privateers were only required to fly the following flags in the event of an attack: King's flag under the Ancien Régime, or the national tricolor flag from the Revolution onwards. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag-Saint-Pol-de-Léon.svg}} || [[Saint-Pol-de-Léon]], [[Finistère]] || || Banner of arms. On the first, the lion is that of Léon bearing the bishop's [[crozier]] (crosse épiscopale de gueules). The [[Lion (heraldry)|lion]] refers to the name of Léon, Leo, and the crosier recalls that the town was, before the Revolution, the seat of the [[bishop]]ric of Léon (now attached to the bishopric of Quimper). It's a lion with horns (no claws, tongue or teeth). The second features the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] of a defended boar (white tusks) with a gold crown around its neck, holding a red tower with three turrets, on a background of Breton ermines. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Ushant.svg}} || [[Ushant]], [[Finistère]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Vannes.svg}} || [[Vannes]], [[Morbihan]] || 20th century || Banner of arms. There is a notable difference between the coat of arms and the flag: the ermine on the flag is curled and adorned with the floating garter of Brittany, whereas the ermine on the coat of arms is tied with ermine doubled in gold. The red background symbolizes [[Bro Gwened]], whose capital was Vannes. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Yffiniac.svg}} || [[Yffiniac]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]] || || Banner of arms. |
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=== [[Centre-Val de Loire]] === |
=== [[Centre-Val de Loire]] === |
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[[File:Jeanne, Orleans, Frankrijk - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[ |
[[File:Jeanne, Orleans, Frankrijk - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Orléans]] flag at the [[Joan of Arc]] statue]] |
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File:Flag of Bourges.svg|alt=|[[Bourges]], [[Cher (department)|Cher]] |
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File:Flag of Chateauroux.svg|alt=|[[Châteauroux]], [[Indre]] |
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File:Fr-37-jt.gif|alt=|[[Joué-lès-Tours]], [[Indre-et-Loire]] |
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File:Flag of Orléans, France.svg|alt=|[[Orléans]], [[Loiret]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Bourges.svg}} || [[Bourges]], [[Cher (department)|Cher]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of green at the left and red at the right. |
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File:Flag of Tours.gif|alt=|[[Tours]], [[Indre-et-Loire]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Chateauroux.svg}} || [[Châteauroux]], [[Indre]] || || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of groen, yellow and red. Green represents meadows, yellow harvests and red vines. The flag was originally that of [[Berry, France|Berry]]. It was taken over by the commune of Châteauroux. |
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| {{ListFlag|Fr-37-jt.gif}} || [[Joué-lès-Tours]], [[Indre-et-Loire]] || || The flag features the municipal logo on a white field. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Orléans, France.svg}} || [[Orléans]], [[Loiret]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of yellow at the left and red at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Tours.gif}} || [[Tours]], [[Indre-et-Loire]] || || Quasi banner of arms. |
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=== [[Corsica]] === |
=== [[Corsica]] === |
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[[File:Hôtel de Ville Ajaccio - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Ajaccio]] flag with coat of arms at the Ajaccio city hall]] |
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File:Flag of Ajaccio.svg|alt=|[[Ajaccio]], [[Corse-du-Sud]] |
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File:Flag of Calvi.svg|alt=|[[Calvi, Haute-Corse|Calvi]], [[Haute-Corse]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Ajaccio.svg}} || [[Ajaccio]], [[Corse-du-Sud]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and white at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Bastia.svg}} || [[Bastia]], [[Haute-Corse]] || 2009 || The flag features the municipal logo on a white field. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Calvi.svg}} || [[Calvi, Haute-Corse|Calvi]], [[Haute-Corse]] || || The flag has a white background with a red cross in the foreground. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Cargèse.svg}} || [[Cargèse]], [[Corse-du-Sud]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Saint-Pierre-de-Venaco, Corse, France.jpg}} || [[Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco]], [[Haute-Corse]] || || |
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=== [[Grand Est]] === |
=== [[Grand Est]] === |
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[[File:Jean Rapp - Colmar (2).jpg|thumb|Flag of Colmar alongside several national and regional flags]] |
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File:Drapeau Cambrai.svg|alt=|[[Cambrai]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] |
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File:Flag of Charleville Mezieres.svg|alt=|[[Charleville-Mézières]], [[Ardennes (department)|Ardennes]] |
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File:Drapeau de la commune de Mardyck (59) Nord-France.svg|alt=|[[Mardyck]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] |
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File:Metz flag.svg|alt=|[[Metz]], [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Charleville Mezieres.svg}} || [[Charleville-Mézières]], [[Ardennes (department)|Ardennes]] || || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of blue, yellow and red. The three colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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File:DrapeauMulhouse.svg|alt=|[[Mulhouse]], [[Haut-Rhin]] |
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File:Flag of Rheims.svg|alt=|[[Reims]], [[Marne (department)|Marne]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Colmar.png}} || [[Colmar]], [[Haut-Rhin]] || || Banner of arms. |
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File:Toul Flag.svg|alt=|[[Toul]], [[Meurthe-et-Moselle]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Metz flag.svg}} || [[Metz]], [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of white at the left and black at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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File:Flag of Colmar.png|[[Colmar]], [[Haut-Rhin]] |
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| {{ListFlag|DrapeauMulhouse.svg}} || [[Mulhouse]], [[Haut-Rhin]] || 1308 || The flag is flamed with twenty red and white pieces, with an armorial canton featuring the Mulhouse Wheel. It was the official flag of the [[Republic of Mulhouse]] until Reunion in 1798. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Rheims.svg}} || [[Reims]], [[Marne (department)|Marne]] || || The flag is a horizontal bicolour consisting of a blue and white stripe. The colours are derived from the corresponding city coat of arms. In this, white was used as the background colour of the coat of arms and blue for the shield head. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Strasbourg.svg}} || [[Strasbourg]], [[Bas-Rhin]] || 1262 || The city flag is white and has a diagonal red stripe, a crossbar, across its width. The design is derived from the corresponding city coat of arms, which in turn is derived from old city seals. Possibly the division has to do with the (former) location of Strasbourg on the border between the Roman and Germanic empires. The red crossbar thereby refers to the name "The Road's Town" and the city's strategic location. The colours of the flag were also derived from the flag of [[Alsace]]. |
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| {{ListFlag|Toul Flag.svg}} || [[Toul]], [[Meurthe-et-Moselle]] || || |
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=== [[Hauts-de-France]] === |
=== [[Hauts-de-France]] === |
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[[File:Tour du Guet de Calais et son drapeau.jpg|thumb|[[Calais]] flag at the [[Tour du Guet]]]] |
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[[File:BeffroiDunkerque.JPG|thumb|[[Dunkirk]] flag at the Belfry of Dunkirk]] |
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File:Flag of Avesnes-sur-Helpe.svg|alt=|[[Avesnes-sur-Helpe]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] |
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[[File:Vlag van Rijsel.JPG|thumb|Former [[Lille]] flag, taken in 2007]] |
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File:Drapeau ville fr Boulogne-sur-Mer.svg|alt=|[[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], [[Pas-de-Calais]] |
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File:Flag of Calais.svg|alt=|[[Calais]], [[Pas-de-Calais]] |
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File:Flag of Dunkirk.svg|alt=|[[Dunkirk]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] |
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File:Flag of Lille (2013-present).gif|alt=|[[Lille]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] |
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File:Flag of Montreuil-sur-Mer.gif|alt=|[[Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais|Montreuil]], [[Pas-de-Calais]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Amiens.png}} || [[Amiens]], [[Somme (department)|Somme]] || || Banner of arms. |
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File:Flag of Tourcoing.svg|alt=|[[Tourcoing]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Avesnes-sur-Helpe.svg}} || [[Avesnes-sur-Helpe]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || The flag consists of five horizontal stripes in the colours red and yellow. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau ville fr Boulogne-sur-Mer.svg}} || [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], [[Pas-de-Calais]] || 1670 || The town's flag is that of the Boulonnais militia, created in 1670 and divided into several regiments of infantry, [[cavalry]] and [[dragoon|dragoons]], whose sole purpose was to defend the province and the coast. The flag, known as the "flag of the Boulonnais troops", was set by the Duc d'Aumont, Louis-Marie-Augustin d'Aumont, governor of the town and the Boulonnais region. These flags were burned in 1792, along with some communal archives and wooden religious statues.<ref>[http://fournetmarcel.free.fr/blasonsboulogne.htm#_edn4 Marcel Fournet - Cygne et tourteaux : les emblèmes de Boulogne-sur-Mer].</ref> Today, the flag flies atop the belfry and over the entrance to the town hall. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Bray-Dunes.svg}} || [[Bray-Dunes]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || The flag has a horizontal [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of blue, yellow and green. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Calais.svg}} || [[Calais]], [[Pas-de-Calais]] || || The flag has a light blue background with a white [[Nordic cross flag|Nordic cross]] in the foreground. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Cambrai.svg}} || [[Cambrai]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a yellow field. The gold-coloured flag represents Cambrai's traditional coat of arms: a golden coat of arms featuring a double-headed eagle of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], each of whose heads are haloed in red (gules), as are the beaks and claws, and to which the Cambrésis coat of arms (Or, three azure lion cubs), the [[Legion of Honour]] and the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de guerre]] are affixed, all surmounted by a ducal crown. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Dunkirk.svg}} || [[Dunkirk]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || 17th century || The flag is silver fess azure, i.e. on a white background are three blue stripes, the lowest stripe being blue. The history of this flag is little known: under Spanish rule, the Dunkirk navy had its own flag. In 1662, when Dunkirk became definitively French, King [[Louis XIV]] honored the Dunkirk privateers with a special flag to encourage sea racing. Issued on June 24, 1684, it was white with a blue cross in the center. Over the following century, the [[Dunkirkers]] kept two flags: the first blue and white, and the second a red cross on a white background. On December 8, 1817, the Dunkirk flag was replaced by official decree by the [[Cherbourg]] flag, which is white with two blue stripes. Over time, the flag was given an extra stripe, and became the one we know today.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 June 2010 |title=Histoire de Dunkerque : l'hôtel de ville |url=http://depuydt.erich.free.fr/DKREGION/dkmairie.htm |website=depuydt.erich.free.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Fort-Mardyck.svg}} || [[Fort-Mardyck]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || The flag consists of four horizontal stripes in the colours white and red. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Lens (Pas-de-Calais).svg}} || [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], [[Pas-de-Calais]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of yellow at the left and blue at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Lille, France.svg}} || rowspan="4" | [[Lille]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || 2013-present || The flag of is a white field showing in its left a red stylised representation of a fleur-de-lis (This symbol is the modern logo of Lille derived from the city's coat of arms) with ville de in the centre in grey letters and lille on the right in large red letters. It is a logo flag. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Lille (1987-2013).svg}} || 1987-2013 || The former flag is white and displays a red fleur-de-lis in the centre. The fleur-de-lis comes from the former municipal logo. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Lille (1945-1987).svg}} || 1945-1987 || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Lille (1926-1939).svg}} || 1926-1939 || Banner of arms, designed by Émile Théodore. Used till [[World War II]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de la commune de Malo-les-Bains (59) Nord-France.svg}} || [[Malo-les-Bains]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de la commune de Mardyck (59) Nord-France.svg}} || [[Mardyck]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours blue and yellow. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Montreuil-sur-Mer.gif}} || [[Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais|Montreuil]], [[Pas-de-Calais]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de la commune de Petite-Synthe (59) Nord-France.svg}} || [[Petite-Synthe]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and red at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de la commune de Rosendaël (59) Nord-France.svg}} || [[Rosendaël]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours red and green. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de la commune de Saint-Pol-sur-Mer (59) Nord-France.svg}} || [[Saint-Pol-sur-Mer]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours white and green. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Senlis.svg}} || [[Senlis]], [[Oise]] || || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of red, yellow and red. The three colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Tourcoing.svg}} || [[Tourcoing]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] || || Banner of arms. |
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=== [[Île-de-France]] === |
=== [[Île-de-France]] === |
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[[File:P1050976 Paris XV pte de Versailles entrée parc des expositions esplanade du 9.11.1989 rwk.JPG|thumb|Paris flag used at the [[Paris Expo Porte de Versailles]]]] |
[[File:P1050976 Paris XV pte de Versailles entrée parc des expositions esplanade du 9.11.1989 rwk.JPG|thumb|Paris flag used at the [[Paris Expo Porte de Versailles]]]] |
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File:Flag of Paris with coat of arms.svg|alt=|[[Paris]] |
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File:DrapeauEtampes.jpg|[[Étampes]], [[Essonne]] |
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File:Drapeau de Vincennes, France.svg|[[Vincennes]], [[Val-de-Marne]] |
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| {{ListFlag|DrapeauEtampes.jpg}} || [[Étampes]], [[Essonne]] || || Banner of arms.<ref>[http://emblemes.free.fr/iledefrance/91150.php Drapeau d'Étampes sur le site emblemes.fr] Consulté le 27/07/2008.</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Melun.jpg}} || [[Melun]], [[Seine-et-Marne]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Paris with coat of arms.svg}} || [[Paris]] || 1945 || {{Main|Flag of Paris}} In the center is the coat of arms of Paris. Red is identified with [[Saint Denis of Paris|Saint Denis]], blue with [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin]]. The color scheme is traced to the [[Flag of France|French flag]] adopted during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elysee.fr/la-presidence/le-drapeau-francais/ |title=Le Drapeau français |language=French |accessdate=21 October 2014}}</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Vincennes, France.svg}} || [[Vincennes]], [[Val-de-Marne]] || 2007 || Created in 2007 to mark the Year of the Château and the reopening of the keep to the public, the flag takes up the elements of the coat of arms. The chief of the coat of arms takes pride of place at the flagstaff, while the silhouette of the keep and the three cannonballs stand out against the red field of the fly. Designed by Olivier Touzeau. |
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=== [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] === |
=== [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] === |
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[[File:Drapeau falaisien.JPG|thumb|[[Falaise, Calvados|Falaise]] cross flag flying on top of the [[Château de Falaise]].]] |
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File:Flag of Le Havre, France.gif|alt=|[[Le Havre]], [[Seine-Maritime]] |
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File:Flag of Rouen.gif|alt=|[[Rouen]], [[Seine-Maritime]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Normandy flag falaise.svg}} || [[Falaise, Calvados|Falaise]], [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] || || [[Flag and coat of arms of Normandy|Norman flag]] with Nordic cross, nicknamed Saint-Olaf's Cross, adopted by [[William the Conqueror]]'s hometown as a reminder of his [[Nordic cross flag|Scandinavian origins]]. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Le Havre, France.gif}} || [[Le Havre]], [[Seine-Maritime]] || || The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Rouen.gif}} || [[Rouen]], [[Seine-Maritime]] || || The flag is derived from the municipal logo. The flag is blue with a vertical red stripe along the hoist, with 'Rouen' written in white letters and a yellow picture near the fly. The picture of the [[Lamb of God|Paschal lamb]] is from the coat of arms of Rouen. |
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=== [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] === |
=== [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] === |
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[[File:Arcachon-Jetée Thiers.jpg|thumb|[[Arcachon]] flag at the Jetée Thiers]][[File:Drapeau de la ville de Rochefort-sur-Mer (18).JPG|thumb|[[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]] flag at the Porte du Soleil (''Sun Gate'')]] |
[[File:Arcachon-Jetée Thiers.jpg|thumb|[[Arcachon]] flag at the Jetée Thiers]] |
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[[File:Drapeau de la ville de Rochefort-sur-Mer (18).JPG|thumb|[[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]] flag at the Porte du Soleil (''Sun Gate'')]] |
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[[File:Drapeau seigneurs de Gimel.JPG|thumb|[[Gimel-les-Cascades]] flag, taken from the arms of the Lords of Gimel, Corrèze, France]] |
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File:Flag of Agen.svg|alt=|[[Agen]], [[Lot-et-Garonne]] |
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File:Drapeau d'Arcachon.svg|alt=|[[Arcachon]], [[Gironde]] |
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File:Bayonne flag.svg|alt=|[[Bayonne]], [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] |
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File:Biarritz flag.svg|alt=|[[Biarritz]], [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] |
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File:Flag of Bordeaux, France.gif|alt=|[[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Agen.svg}} || [[Agen]], [[Lot-et-Garonne]] || || |
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File:Flag of Gujan-Mestras.svg|alt=|[[Gujan-Mestras]], [[Gironde]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau d'Arcachon.svg}} || [[Arcachon]], [[Gironde]] || 1857 || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of black, white and yellow. The town of Arcachon regularly uses the flag shown opposite, which was adopted in 1857 when the town was created, while the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by the [[Flag of France|French flag]]. Black represents darkness, past failures and solitude; white represents the present and the awakening of consciousness, recalling the dawn; yellow represents the light of the future and the city.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=24 January 2023 |author=Sélim Niederhoffer |date=29 August 2016 |language=fr |title=ARCACHON ELUE CAPITALE DU DÉVELOPPEMENT PERSONNEL 2016! |url=https://www.selimniederhoffer.com/blog/couleurs-drapeau-arcachon/ |website=Selim Niederhoffer}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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File:Flag of Langon, Gironde.svg|alt=|[[Langon, Gironde|Langon]], [[Gironde]] |
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File:Drapeau Arsenal Rochefort.svg|alt=|[[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]], [[Charente-Maritime]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Bayonne flag.svg}} || [[Bayonne]], [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] || || The flag has a horizontal bicolour of red at the top and green at the bottom. |
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| {{ListFlag|Biarritz flag.svg}} || [[Biarritz]], [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of red at the left and black at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Bordeaux, France.gif}} || [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]] || || The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. The red and blue shield in the centre contains three [[fleur-de-lis]], a leopard or lion, a white castle and a crescent moon. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Chatelaillon-Plage.svg}} || [[Châtelaillon-Plage]], [[Charente-Maritime]] || || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of blue, yellow and blue. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Gimel-les-Cascades.gif}} || [[Gimel-les-Cascades]], [[Corrèze]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Gujan-Mestras.svg}} || [[Gujan-Mestras]], [[Gironde]] || || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of blue, green and blue. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Langon, Gironde.svg}} || [[Langon, Gironde|Langon]], [[Gironde]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau Arsenal Rochefort.svg}} || [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]], [[Charente-Maritime]] || || Opposite, the Rochefort flag flying over the pediment of the town hall and the Porte du Soleil. |
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=== [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitania]] === |
=== [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitania]] === |
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[[File:Flags at the balcony of Capitole de Toulouse.jpg|thumb|[[Toulouse]] flag at the balcony of [[Capitole de Toulouse]]]] |
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File:Drapeau de Beziers.png|alt=|[[Béziers]], [[Hérault]] |
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File:Flag of the County of Foix.svg|alt=|[[Foix]], [[Ariège (department)|Ariège]] |
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File:Flag of Montpellier.gif|alt=|[[Montpellier]], [[Hérault]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Aiguefonde.svg}} || [[Aiguefonde]], [[Tarn (department)|Tarn]] || || The flag has a vertical [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of green, blue and white. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Beziers.png}} || [[Béziers]], [[Hérault]] || || The flag is a blue and red bicolor charged with the city's coat of arms. It is used officially by the town council and flies in front of the Arènes and the Palais des Congrès. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Cahors.svg}} || [[Cahors]], [[Lot (department)|Lot]] || || The flag has a horizontal bicolour of blue at the top and white at the bottom. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of the County of Foix.svg}} || [[Foix]], [[Ariège (department)|Ariège]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Montpellier.svg}} || [[Montpellier]], [[Hérault]] || || The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. This shows the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin]] Mary holding her son [[Jesus]] and seated on a throne. At the top left and right, the capital letters A and M can be seen. These stand for the words ''Ave Maria''. At the bottom of the coat of arms is a white shield with a red circle. This represents the coat of arms of the Guilhem dynasty. Guilhem was a lord who ruled Montpellier between the 11th and 13th centuries. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Narbonne.png}} || [[Narbonne]], [[Aude]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and red at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Midi-Pyrénées.svg}} || [[Toulouse]], [[Haute-Garonne]] || 1211 || The city flag is red and shows a large yellow cross in the centre. This is the [[Occitan cross]] and dates back as far as 1211. At the time, it appeared on a seal. The cross was derived from a [[Latin cross]] and probably assigned to [[Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse|Raymond VI]]. Raymond was a leader of the low [[Crusades|Crusaders]] and, according to legend, had the same cross affixed to the shields of his men. In order to attach the cross to a shield, the design had to be modified in a practical sense. Then, gradually, the Occitan cross was created. |
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=== [[Pays de la Loire]] === |
=== [[Pays de la Loire]] === |
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File:Drapeau de Nantes.svg|alt=|[[Nantes]], [[Loire-Atlantique]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Angers.gif}} || [[Angers]], [[Maine-et-Loire]] || || |
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File:Drapeau de Saint-Nazaire.svg|alt=|[[Saint-Nazaire]], [[Loire-Atlantique]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Donges.svg}} || [[Donges]], [[Loire-Atlantique]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of l’Île d’Olonne.svg}} || [[L'Île-d'Olonne]], [[Vendée]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Longeron.svg}} || [[Le Longeron]], [[Maine-et-Loire]] || || Banner of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau de Nantes.svg}} || [[Nantes]], [[Loire-Atlantique]] || || White cross of the [[Kingdom of France]] on the black cross of [[Brittany]]. A ship against a red background on a green and white sea in the canton. These are common heraldic elements that were widely used by knights on their arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Rezé.svg}} || [[Rezé]], [[Loire-Atlantique]] || || Banner of arms. |
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=== [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] === |
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[[File:Marseille - Cathédrale La Major 07.jpg|thumb|[[Marseille]] flag (on the right side) in the [[Marseille Cathedral|Cathedral of Saint Mary Major]]]] |
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[[File:Nice tour Saint-Francois.jpg|thumb|The Saint-François tower ('tour Saint-François') in [[Nice]] on the [[French Riviera]]. The flag of Nice flies on the top of this clock tower, formerly bell tower of a Franciscan monastery.]] |
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File:Drapeau d'Arles.svg|alt=|[[Arles]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] |
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File:Flag of the Commune of Cannes (White Variant).svg|alt=|[[Cannes]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Aix-en-Provence.svg}} || [[Aix-en-Provence]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] || || The flag used by the town is composed of two stripes: one red and the other yellow, the colours of [[Provence]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Drapeaux d'Aix-en-Provence |url=http://emblemes.free.fr/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2006:drapeaux-daix-en-provence&catid=21300:aix-en-provence&Itemid=215 |website=Emblemes.free.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> According to some sources, a red and yellow quartered flag also existed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Le drapeau écartelé d'Aix en Provence |url=http://vexil.prov.free.fr/emblemes/drapeau%20aix.html}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of the Commune of Antibes-Juan-les-Pins.svg}} || [[Antibes]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]] || || |
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| {{ListFlag|Drapeau d'Arles.svg}} || [[Arles]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and yellow at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Cagnes-sur-Mer.svg}} || [[Cagnes-sur-Mer]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and red at the right. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of the Commune of Cannes (White Variant).svg}}{{ListFlag|Flag of the Commune of Cannes (Blue Variant).svg}} || [[Cannes]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]] || || The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white or blue field. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Frejus.svg}} || [[Fréjus]], [[Var (department)|Var]] || || The commune has a flag, used for events such as the bravade, which features the colors of the coat of arms, two vertical stripes, red on the staff side and white on the outside. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Marseille.svg}} || [[Marseille]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] || 13th century || {{Main|Flag of Marseille}} The city flag is white and displays a light blue cross across its entire surface. The flag is widely used in France for boats and buildings. The cross is a reference to the flags of the [[crusades|crusaders]], while azure is the colour of the city. Attested since the 11th century, it is one of the oldest French and European flags. The first preserved representation of Marseille's coat of arms dates from the end of the 11th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://svowebmaster.free.fr/drapeaux_marseille.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184522/http://svowebmaster.free.fr/drapeaux_marseille.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |title=Drapeaux, armoiries et emblèmes de la ville de Marseille |access-date=October 11, 2018 |last= |first= |date= |publisher= |location= |language=french |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.provence7.com/portails/identites/identite-visuelle-de-la-provence/marseille-blanc-et-bleu/ |title=Drapeau, armoiries, logo, identité de Marseille |access-date=October 11, 2018 |last= |first= |date= 8 August 2015|work=Armoiries de Marseille |publisher= |location= |language=french |quote= }}</ref> |
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| {{ListFlag|Bandièra de Niça.svg}}{{ListFlag|Flag of the County of Nice.svg}} || [[Nice]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]] || 14th century || Flag of the [[County of Nice]] (1108–1176) The flag is white with three blue wavy lines at the bottom. Above are elements of the city coat of arms: a red eagle posing on three green hills. The eagle is an imperial emblem and a reference to the [[House of Savoy]], which ruled over the land around Nice. This land (and territorial honour) is represented by the three hills, although they are not geographically correct. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Saint-Raphaël.svg}} || [[Saint-Raphaël, Var|Saint-Raphaël]], [[Var (department)|Var]] || || The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and yellow at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. The old logo had these background colors, which the new one no longer has. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Saint-Tropez.svg}} || [[Saint-Tropez]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] || || The commune's flag features the colors of the [[Privateer|privateers]], with three red, white and red stripes, placed either vertically or horizontally. |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Toulon.svg}} || [[Toulon]], [[Var (department)|Var]] || || The flag has a blue background with a yellow cross in the foreground. |
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== [[Overseas region]] == |
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[[File:Vannes, semaine du golfe 2015 (2).JPG|thumb|[[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] flag at [[Vannes]]]] |
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| {{ListFlag|Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg}} || [[Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon|Saint-Pierre]], [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] || 1982 || The flag is blue with a yellow ship, said to be ''[[Grande Hermine]]'', which brought [[Jacques Cartier]] to Saint Pierre on 15 June 1536. Three square fields placed along the [[Hoist (flag)|hoist]] recall the origin of most inhabitants of the islands, from top to bottom, [[Basques]], [[Bretons]], and [[Normans]]. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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This is a list of communal flags in France. Communal flags are rarely used in France as communes usually favor coats of arms. As a result, the info presented in this list also describes coats of arms.
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Annecy, Haute-Savoie | The flag has a red background with a white cross in the foreground. A white fish from the municipal coat of arms is placed in the canton. | |
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Arbent, Ain | ||
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Annemasse, Haute-Savoie | The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and yellow at the right. | |
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Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain | Banner of arms. | |
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Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme | Banner of arms. | |
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Cluses, Haute-Savoie | Banner of arms. | |
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Étrembières, Haute-Savoie | The flag has a vertical bicolour of green at the left and yellow at the right. | |
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Grenoble, Isère | The flag has a vertical bicolour of red at the left and yellow at the right. | |
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Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire | The flag has a vertical bicolour of yellow at the left and blue at the right. | |
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Lyon, Metropolis of Lyon | 1320 | The flag was already used on city seals in the Middle Ages and was given to the city as a symbol by Philip V in 1320 after its liberation.[1] | A field of gules (red color), in which a lion appears rampant (of profile and erect) and of silver (white color). In chief, azure with three fleurs-de-lis Or (A blue division occupying the upper third (this is the "Head of France", granted to all "Bonnes Villes", which shows the heraldry of his former monarchs) with three stylised lily flowers)
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Montluçon, Allier | The flag has a vertical bicolour of yellow at the left and blue at the right. | |
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Montmélian, Savoie | ||
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Pérouges, Ain | Banner of arms. | |
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Polignac, Haute-Loire | The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours white and red. | |
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Saint-Étienne, Loire | The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. | |
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Versonnex, Ain | Banner of arms. |
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Arbois, Jura | The flag has a vertical bicolour of black at the left and yellow at the right. | |
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Arc-sous-Cicon, Doubs | The flag has a horizontal tricolour of yellow, black and yellow. | |
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Besançon, Doubs | 1537 | The eagle represents the House of Habsburg and the Holy Roman Empire. Two pillars represents the city's connection to Gibraltar and its relation to the Greco-Roman world.[2]
The colours of the former flag are derived from the municipal coat of arms, similar to the Belgian flag. |
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Dijon, Côte-d'Or | 1391 | Gules a chief per pale azure semy de lis or a bordure gobonny argent and gules and bendy of six or and azure a bordure gules. |
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Ornans, Doubs | The flag has a vertical tricolour of blue, red and yellow. The three colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. |
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Bréhand, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. | |
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Brest, Finistère | 15 July 1683 | The heraldic flag of Brest: the most commonly used flag in Brest today. |
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18th century | Flag of Brest used in the 18th century. | |
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16th century | Flag of Brest used in the 16th century. | |
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15th century | Flag of Brest used in the 15th century. | |
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Cesson-Sévigné, Ille-et-Vilaine | The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. | |
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Châteaugiron, Ille-et-Vilaine | Banner of arms. | |
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Concarneau, Finistère | Banner of arms. | |
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Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. | |
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Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine | 1998 | Created in 1997 by the Société bretonne de Vexillologie, as a reminder that the town's toponymy and history are linked to the legend of the Arthurian Romance.[3] |
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Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine | ||
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Guerlesquin, Finistère | The flag has a vertical tricolour of yellow, red and yellow. The three colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. | |
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Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. The flag consists of four horizontal stripes in the colours white and blue. | |
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Hillion, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. | |
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Landerneau, Finistère | Banner of arms. | |
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Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. | |
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Le Juch, Finistère | 1999 | |
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Lorient, Morbihan | From this coat of arms was developed a flag used by the Bagad Sonerien An Oriant, among others. | |
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Mordelles, Ille-et-Vilaine | ||
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Le Palais, Morbihan | ||
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Plédran, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. | |
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Plérin, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. | |
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Ploërmel, Morbihan | Banner of arms. | |
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Port-Louis, Morbihan | Banner of arms. | |
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Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine | The earliest known mention of the flag of Rennes (early 16th century) shows the municipal shield (played argent and sable of six pieces, on a chief argent three ermine spots sable) on a bistre yellow background. More recently, various variants have been used, both by the municipality and by other organizations in Rennes. The drawing opposite is the most common. Some believe that Morvan Marchal drew inspiration from it to create the flag of Brittany. Another design is used by the Bleuñ-Brug of Finistère and seems to have come from the mark of the Cercle Celtique de Rennes. A version featuring the tilted shield has been adopted by the Vern-sur-Seiche bagad.[4]
A white flag sown with black ermines, with the city's coat of arms in the center, was used on the Rennes City Hall in contemporary times.[5] | |
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Rostrenen, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. | |
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Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. | |
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Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine | Saint-Malo's current flag is a blue flag with a white cross (the emblem of war ports under Louis XIV) and a gules franc quartier charged with a white ermine on a gold portcullis. Known as the "corsair flag", this is the flag of ships registered at the Saint-Malo Admiralty (and not the flag of Malouin privateers).[6] In existence since the 18th century, privateers were only required to fly the following flags in the event of an attack: King's flag under the Ancien Régime, or the national tricolor flag from the Revolution onwards. | |
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Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère | Banner of arms. On the first, the lion is that of Léon bearing the bishop's crozier (crosse épiscopale de gueules). The lion refers to the name of Léon, Leo, and the crosier recalls that the town was, before the Revolution, the seat of the bishopric of Léon (now attached to the bishopric of Quimper). It's a lion with horns (no claws, tongue or teeth). The second features the escutcheon of a defended boar (white tusks) with a gold crown around its neck, holding a red tower with three turrets, on a background of Breton ermines. | |
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Ushant, Finistère | Banner of arms. | |
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Vannes, Morbihan | 20th century | Banner of arms. There is a notable difference between the coat of arms and the flag: the ermine on the flag is curled and adorned with the floating garter of Brittany, whereas the ermine on the coat of arms is tied with ermine doubled in gold. The red background symbolizes Bro Gwened, whose capital was Vannes. |
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Yffiniac, Côtes-d'Armor | Banner of arms. |
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Bourges, Cher | The flag has a vertical bicolour of green at the left and red at the right. | |
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Châteauroux, Indre | The flag has a vertical tricolour of groen, yellow and red. Green represents meadows, yellow harvests and red vines. The flag was originally that of Berry. It was taken over by the commune of Châteauroux. | |
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Joué-lès-Tours, Indre-et-Loire | The flag features the municipal logo on a white field. | |
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Orléans, Loiret | The flag has a vertical bicolour of yellow at the left and red at the right. | |
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Tours, Indre-et-Loire | Quasi banner of arms. |
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Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud | The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and white at the right. | |
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Bastia, Haute-Corse | 2009 | The flag features the municipal logo on a white field. |
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Calvi, Haute-Corse | The flag has a white background with a red cross in the foreground. | |
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Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes | The flag has a vertical tricolour of blue, yellow and red. The three colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. | |
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Colmar, Haut-Rhin | Banner of arms. | |
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Metz, Moselle | The flag has a vertical bicolour of white at the left and black at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. | |
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Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin | 1308 | The flag is flamed with twenty red and white pieces, with an armorial canton featuring the Mulhouse Wheel. It was the official flag of the Republic of Mulhouse until Reunion in 1798. |
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Reims, Marne | The flag is a horizontal bicolour consisting of a blue and white stripe. The colours are derived from the corresponding city coat of arms. In this, white was used as the background colour of the coat of arms and blue for the shield head. | |
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Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin | 1262 | The city flag is white and has a diagonal red stripe, a crossbar, across its width. The design is derived from the corresponding city coat of arms, which in turn is derived from old city seals. Possibly the division has to do with the (former) location of Strasbourg on the border between the Roman and Germanic empires. The red crossbar thereby refers to the name "The Road's Town" and the city's strategic location. The colours of the flag were also derived from the flag of Alsace. |
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Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle |
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Amiens, Somme | Banner of arms. | |
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Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Nord | The flag consists of five horizontal stripes in the colours red and yellow. | |
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Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais | 1670 | The town's flag is that of the Boulonnais militia, created in 1670 and divided into several regiments of infantry, cavalry and dragoons, whose sole purpose was to defend the province and the coast. The flag, known as the "flag of the Boulonnais troops", was set by the Duc d'Aumont, Louis-Marie-Augustin d'Aumont, governor of the town and the Boulonnais region. These flags were burned in 1792, along with some communal archives and wooden religious statues.[7] Today, the flag flies atop the belfry and over the entrance to the town hall. |
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Bray-Dunes, Nord | The flag has a horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow and green. | |
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Calais, Pas-de-Calais | The flag has a light blue background with a white Nordic cross in the foreground. | |
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Cambrai, Nord | The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a yellow field. The gold-coloured flag represents Cambrai's traditional coat of arms: a golden coat of arms featuring a double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, each of whose heads are haloed in red (gules), as are the beaks and claws, and to which the Cambrésis coat of arms (Or, three azure lion cubs), the Legion of Honour and the Croix de guerre are affixed, all surmounted by a ducal crown. | |
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Dunkirk, Nord | 17th century | The flag is silver fess azure, i.e. on a white background are three blue stripes, the lowest stripe being blue. The history of this flag is little known: under Spanish rule, the Dunkirk navy had its own flag. In 1662, when Dunkirk became definitively French, King Louis XIV honored the Dunkirk privateers with a special flag to encourage sea racing. Issued on June 24, 1684, it was white with a blue cross in the center. Over the following century, the Dunkirkers kept two flags: the first blue and white, and the second a red cross on a white background. On December 8, 1817, the Dunkirk flag was replaced by official decree by the Cherbourg flag, which is white with two blue stripes. Over time, the flag was given an extra stripe, and became the one we know today.[8] |
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Fort-Mardyck, Nord | The flag consists of four horizontal stripes in the colours white and red. | |
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Lens, Pas-de-Calais | The flag has a vertical bicolour of yellow at the left and blue at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. | |
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Lille, Nord | 2013-present | The flag of is a white field showing in its left a red stylised representation of a fleur-de-lis (This symbol is the modern logo of Lille derived from the city's coat of arms) with ville de in the centre in grey letters and lille on the right in large red letters. It is a logo flag. |
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1987-2013 | The former flag is white and displays a red fleur-de-lis in the centre. The fleur-de-lis comes from the former municipal logo. | |
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1945-1987 | Banner of arms. | |
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1926-1939 | Banner of arms, designed by Émile Théodore. Used till World War II | |
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Mardyck, Nord | The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours blue and yellow. | |
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Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais | ||
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Petite-Synthe, Nord | The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and red at the right. | |
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Rosendaël, Nord | The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours red and green. | |
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Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord | The flag consists of six horizontal stripes in the colours white and green. | |
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Senlis, Oise | The flag has a vertical tricolour of red, yellow and red. The three colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. | |
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Tourcoing, Nord | Banner of arms. |
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Étampes, Essonne | Banner of arms.[9] | |
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Paris | 1945 | Saint Denis, blue with St. Martin. The color scheme is traced to the French flag adopted during the French Revolution.[10] | In the center is the coat of arms of Paris. Red is identified with
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Vincennes, Val-de-Marne | 2007 | Created in 2007 to mark the Year of the Château and the reopening of the keep to the public, the flag takes up the elements of the coat of arms. The chief of the coat of arms takes pride of place at the flagstaff, while the silhouette of the keep and the three cannonballs stand out against the red field of the fly. Designed by Olivier Touzeau. |
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Falaise, Calvados | Norman flag with Nordic cross, nicknamed Saint-Olaf's Cross, adopted by William the Conqueror's hometown as a reminder of his Scandinavian origins. | |
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Le Havre, Seine-Maritime | The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. | |
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Rouen, Seine-Maritime | The flag is derived from the municipal logo. The flag is blue with a vertical red stripe along the hoist, with 'Rouen' written in white letters and a yellow picture near the fly. The picture of the Paschal lamb is from the coat of arms of Rouen. |
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Arcachon, Gironde | 1857 | The flag has a vertical tricolour of black, white and yellow. The town of Arcachon regularly uses the flag shown opposite, which was adopted in 1857 when the town was created, while the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by the French flag. Black represents darkness, past failures and solitude; white represents the present and the awakening of consciousness, recalling the dawn; yellow represents the light of the future and the city.[11] |
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Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques | The flag has a horizontal bicolour of red at the top and green at the bottom. | |
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Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques | The flag has a vertical bicolour of red at the left and black at the right. | |
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Bordeaux, Gironde | The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. The red and blue shield in the centre contains three fleur-de-lis, a leopard or lion, a white castle and a crescent moon. | |
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Châtelaillon-Plage, Charente-Maritime | The flag has a vertical tricolour of blue, yellow and blue. | |
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Gimel-les-Cascades, Corrèze | Banner of arms. | |
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Gujan-Mestras, Gironde | The flag has a vertical tricolour of blue, green and blue. | |
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Langon, Gironde | Banner of arms. | |
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Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | Opposite, the Rochefort flag flying over the pediment of the town hall and the Porte du Soleil. |
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Aiguefonde, Tarn | The flag has a vertical tricolour of green, blue and white. | |
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Béziers, Hérault | The flag is a blue and red bicolor charged with the city's coat of arms. It is used officially by the town council and flies in front of the Arènes and the Palais des Congrès. | |
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Cahors, Lot | The flag has a horizontal bicolour of blue at the top and white at the bottom. | |
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Foix, Ariège | Banner of arms. | |
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Montpellier, Hérault | The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white field. This shows the Virgin Mary holding her son Jesus and seated on a throne. At the top left and right, the capital letters A and M can be seen. These stand for the words Ave Maria. At the bottom of the coat of arms is a white shield with a red circle. This represents the coat of arms of the Guilhem dynasty. Guilhem was a lord who ruled Montpellier between the 11th and 13th centuries. | |
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Narbonne, Aude | The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and red at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. | |
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Toulouse, Haute-Garonne | 1211 | The city flag is red and shows a large yellow cross in the centre. This is the Occitan cross and dates back as far as 1211. At the time, it appeared on a seal. The cross was derived from a Latin cross and probably assigned to Raymond VI. Raymond was a leader of the low Crusaders and, according to legend, had the same cross affixed to the shields of his men. In order to attach the cross to a shield, the design had to be modified in a practical sense. Then, gradually, the Occitan cross was created. |
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Angers, Maine-et-Loire | ||
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Donges, Loire-Atlantique | Banner of arms. | |
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L'Île-d'Olonne, Vendée | ||
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Le Longeron, Maine-et-Loire | Banner of arms. | |
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Nantes, Loire-Atlantique | White cross of the Kingdom of France on the black cross of Brittany. A ship against a red background on a green and white sea in the canton. These are common heraldic elements that were widely used by knights on their arms. | |
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Rezé, Loire-Atlantique | Banner of arms. | |
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Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique |
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Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône | The flag used by the town is composed of two stripes: one red and the other yellow, the colours of Provence.[12] According to some sources, a red and yellow quartered flag also existed.[13] | |
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Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes | ||
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Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône | The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and yellow at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. | |
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Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes | The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and red at the right. | |
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Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes | The flag shows the municipal coat of arms on a white or blue field. | |
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Fréjus, Var | The commune has a flag, used for events such as the bravade, which features the colors of the coat of arms, two vertical stripes, red on the staff side and white on the outside. | |
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Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône | 13th century | crusaders, while azure is the colour of the city. Attested since the 11th century, it is one of the oldest French and European flags. The first preserved representation of Marseille's coat of arms dates from the end of the 11th century.[14][15] | The city flag is white and displays a light blue cross across its entire surface. The flag is widely used in France for boats and buildings. The cross is a reference to the flags of the
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Nice, Alpes-Maritimes | 14th century | Flag of the County of Nice (1108–1176) The flag is white with three blue wavy lines at the bottom. Above are elements of the city coat of arms: a red eagle posing on three green hills. The eagle is an imperial emblem and a reference to the House of Savoy, which ruled over the land around Nice. This land (and territorial honour) is represented by the three hills, although they are not geographically correct. |
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Saint-Raphaël, Var | The flag has a vertical bicolour of blue at the left and yellow at the right. The two colours are taken from the municipal coat of arms. The old logo had these background colors, which the new one no longer has. | |
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Saint-Tropez, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | The commune's flag features the colors of the privateers, with three red, white and red stripes, placed either vertically or horizontally. | |
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Toulon, Var | The flag has a blue background with a yellow cross in the foreground. | |
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Vedène, Vaucluse |
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Cayenne, French Guiana | The flag features the municipal logo on a white field.
Banner of arms. | |
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Miquelon-Langlade, Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Banner of arms. | |
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Saint-Denis, Réunion | ||
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Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1982 | The flag is blue with a yellow ship, said to be Grande Hermine, which brought Jacques Cartier to Saint Pierre on 15 June 1536. Three square fields placed along the hoist recall the origin of most inhabitants of the islands, from top to bottom, Basques, Bretons, and Normans. |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Walter, Hélène; Barçon, Jean-Claude. Vesontio Besançon. Presses Universitaires de Lyon.
- ^ Marius Mallet (1986). Dinard: son histoire. Husson Publicite Impression. p. 44..
- ^ Divi Kervella, Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez, Guide des drapeaux bretons et celtes, Fouenant, Éditions Yoran Embanner, 2008, p. 118, ISBN 978-2-916579-12-2.
- ^ Drapeaux de Rennes
- ^ Georges Seigneur; Henri-Georges Gaignard (1992). Connaître Saint-Malo. Fernand Lanore. p. 43..
- ^ Marcel Fournet - Cygne et tourteaux : les emblèmes de Boulogne-sur-Mer.
- ^ "Histoire de Dunkerque : l'hôtel de ville". depuydt.erich.free.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2010..
- ^ Drapeau d'Étampes sur le site emblemes.fr Consulté le 27/07/2008.
- ^ "Le Drapeau français" (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Sélim Niederhoffer (29 August 2016). "ARCACHON ELUE CAPITALE DU DÉVELOPPEMENT PERSONNEL 2016!". Selim Niederhoffer (in French). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Drapeaux d'Aix-en-Provence". Emblemes.free.fr..
- ^ "Le drapeau écartelé d'Aix en Provence"..
- ^ "Drapeaux, armoiries et emblèmes de la ville de Marseille" (in French). Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ "Drapeau, armoiries, logo, identité de Marseille". Armoiries de Marseille (in French). 8 August 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2018.