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The French Society of Vexillology is the authority on the flying of flags in France and maintains the only official register of flags for the country. [1] It was established in 1985 and as part of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques operates under the authority of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The ...
The official logo of the French Republic, with Marianne and the national motto, Liberté, égalité, fraternité. National symbols of France are emblems of the French Republic and French people, and they are the cornerstone of the nation's republican tradition. The national symbols of the French Fifth Republic are: [1] The French flag
The national flag of France (drapeau national de la France) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (), white, and red.The design was adopted after the French Revolution, whose revolutionaries were influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands.
The Royal Banner of France or "Bourbon flag" symbolizing royal France, was the most commonly used flag in New France. [27] [28] The "Bourbon flag" has three gold fleur-de-lis on a dark blue field arranged two and one. [29] The fleur-de-lys was also seen on New France's currency often referred to as "card money". [30]
A pair of regional indicator symbols is referred to as an emoji flag sequence (although it represents a specific region, not a specific flag for that region). [6]Out of the 676 possible pairs of regional indicator symbols (26 × 26), only 270 are considered valid Unicode region codes.
The galleries below show flags attributed to the eighteen (formerly, twenty-seven) regions, five overseas collectivities, one sui generis collectivity, and one overseas territory of France. Most of them are both non-official and traditional as regions often use their logos as the flags though some regions use their banners as the flags.
The flag was likely designed by André Paturel, a local business owner. [citation needed] Although not used at an official level, the flag is still a common sight in the territory, being flown alongside the French tricolour in front of private residences and even government buildings.
“French Republic” brand block - 2020 version. The graphic charter of government communication is the graphic charter of the logo of France, used by government services.It was adopted in 1999 by the government of Lionel Jospin and revolves around a logo associating Marianne, the tricolour flag and the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (transl. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) to ...