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

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

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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