List of communal flags in France

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.

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

Metropolitan regions

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
FlagCommuneDateDescription
Besançon, Doubs1537The 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'Or1391Gules 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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