List of communal flags in France

Jeanne d'Arc street (Orléans) were different regional and communal flags are hung
List of French flags

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.

Metropolitan regions

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Flag Commune Date Description
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.[1]
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.

Brittany

Lorient flag on the sailboat l'Hermine

Centre-Val de Loire

Joan of Arc statue in Orléans

Corsica

Grand Est

Hauts-de-France

Former Lille flag, taken in 2007

Île-de-France

Paris flag used at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles

Normandy

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arcachon flag at the Jetée Thiers
Rochefort flag at the Porte du Soleil (Sun Gate)

Occitania

Pays de la Loire

Nantes flag

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Marseille flag (on the right side) in the Cathedral of Saint Mary Major

Overseas region

Saint Pierre and Miquelon flag at Vannes

See also

References

  1. ^ Walter, Hélène; Barçon, Jean-Claude. Vesontio Besançon. Presses Universitaires de Lyon.

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