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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 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.
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.
It is the oldest tricolour flag still in national use [6] and has influenced both the French [3] (1794) and Russian flag [4] (1693); both of these flags have in turn influenced many other European and African flags.
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 a flag though some regions used the banner ol flags.
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
6.1 Constituent countries. 6.2 Special municipalities. 7 New Zealand. ... Flag of the Administrator of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2005–present)
See Flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and Green in Islam: Organization of Turkic States: Turquoise Although the flag of the Organization of Turkic States is light blue and white, turquoise is the colour most associated with the Turkic region. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Gold and white United Nations