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List of communal flags in France

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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.

Flag Commune Date Description
Annecy, Haute-Savoie
Arbent, Ain
Annemasse, Haute-Savoie
Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme
Cluses, Haute-Savoie
Grenoble, Isère
Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire
Lyon, Rhône 1320 A field of gules (red color), in which a lion appears rampant (of profile and erect) and of silver (white color). 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.
Montluçon, Allier
Pérouges, Ain
Saint-Étienne, Loire
Versonnex, Ain
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.
Lorient flag on the sailboat l'Hermine
Flag Commune Date Description
Brest, Finistère
Cesson-Sévigné, Ille-et-Vilaine
Concarneau, Finistère
Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor
Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine
Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine
Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine
Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor
Hillion, Côtes-d'Armor
Landerneau, Finistère
Landivisiau, Finistère
Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor
Le Juch, Finistère 1999
Lorient, Morbihan
Plérin, Côtes-d'Armor
Port-Louis, Morbihan
Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine
Rostrenen, Côtes-d'Armor
Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor
Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine
Vannes, Morbihan
Joan of Arc statue in Orléans
Flag Commune Date Description
Bourges, Cher
Châteauroux, Indre
Joué-lès-Tours, Indre-et-Loire
Orléans, Loiret
Tours, Indre-et-Loire
Flag Commune Date Description
Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud Vertical bicolour flag in blue and white
Bastia, Haute-Corse 2009 A white flag with a logo
Calvi, Haute-Corse A white flag with a red cross
Flag Commune Date Description
Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes
Colmar, Haut-Rhin
Metz, Moselle
Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin
Reims, Marne
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin 1262 Colors of Alsace
Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle
Former Lille flag, taken in 2007
Flag Commune Date Description
Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Nord
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais
Calais, Pas-de-Calais
Cambrai, Nord
Dunkirk, Nord
Lille, Nord 2013
Mardyck, Nord
Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais
Senlis, Oise
Tourcoing, Nord
Paris flag used at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Flag Commune Date Description
Étampes, Essonne
Paris 1945 In the center is the coat of arms of Paris. Red is identified with Saint Denis, blue with Saint Martin.
Vincennes, Val-de-Marne
Flag Commune Date Description
Le Havre, Seine-Maritime
Rouen, Seine-Maritime
Arcachon flag at the Jetée Thiers
Rochefort flag at the Porte du Soleil (Sun Gate)
Flag Commune Date Description
Agen, Lot-et-Garonne
Arcachon, Gironde
Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Bordeaux, Gironde
Châtelaillon-Plage, Charente-Maritime
Gujan-Mestras, Gironde
Langon, Gironde
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
Flag Commune Date Description
Béziers, Hérault
Cahors, Lot
Foix, Ariège
Montpellier, Hérault
Narbonne, Aude
Nantes flag
Flag Commune Date Description
Angers, Maine-et-Loire
L'Île-d'Olonne, Vendée
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique White cross of the Kingdom of France on the black cross of Brittany
Rezé, Loire-Atlantique
Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique
Marseille flag (on the right side) in the Cathedral of Saint Mary Major
Flag Commune Date Description
Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône
Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes
Fréjus, Var
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône 13th century The flag dates from the time of the crusades. The cross is a symbol of the crusades
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes 14th century Flag of the County of Nice (1108–1176)
Saint-Tropez, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Toulon, Var
Saint Pierre and Miquelon flag at Vannes
Flag Commune Date Description
Cayenne, French Guiana
Miquelon-Langlade, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Denis, Réunion
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.

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References

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