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Flag Date Use Description 1957–1958 Flag of the Benelux: Combines features from the flags of the member countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg?–2015 Flag of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine: 2015–present 1990s–present Flag of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) 1991–present
Flag Date Use Description 2017 on: Flag of the Isle of Barra: Green, with a white Scandinavian Cross showing the ancestry of the people and places names of Barra. The green represents the green of the Barra Isles. [28] September 9, 1976: Flag of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Council of the Western Isles)
List of country subdivision flags in Europe This page was last edited on 22 June 2024, at 20:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919 This is a collection of lists of flags , including the flags of states or territories , groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries.
The status of these flags varies from one country or sovereign state to the next: most of them are official flags, whereas others are only used de facto, sometimes to indicate a desire for more autonomy or independence. Some flags, such as the flags of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, were created by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom.
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
English: Map of Europe with the flag of each country embedded. Included are the UN members/observers that are either geographically partially or entirely located in Europe (which all but Armenia and, arguably, Cyprus are) or a member of the Council of Europe (which all but Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Vatican are).
The flag of Europe or European flag [note 1] consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union.It was designed and adopted in 1955 by the Council of Europe (CoE) as a symbol for the whole of Europe.