Flags of the regions of France explained

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.

Regions

RegionOfficial flagProposed or traditional flag
Traditional flagLogo flag
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Brittany
Centre-Val de Loire
Corsica
Grand Est
Hauts-de-France
Île-de-France
Normandy
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Occitanie
Pays de la Loire
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Former regions

RegionTraditional flagOfficial flagRegion nameTraditional flagOfficial flagRegion nameTraditional flagOfficial flag
AuvergneChampagne-ArdenneLimousin
Rhône-AlpesLorrainePoitou-Charentes
BourgogneNord-Pas-de-CalaisLanguedoc-Roussillon
Franche ComtePicardyMidi-Pyrénées
BrittanyÎle-de-FrancePays de la Loire
Centre-Val de LoireBasse-NormandyProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CorsicaHaute-Normandie
AlsaceAquitaine

Overseas regions and collectivities

Flags of Overseas France! Territory! Co-Official flag! Government flag! Local flag! Traditional flag
French Guiana
French Polynesia[1]
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Mayotte
New Caledonia
Réunion
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Wallis and Futuna

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Délibération n° 84-1030 AT du 23 novembre 1984 portant approbation du drapeau et des armes de la Polynésie française. lexpol.pf. French. 20 January 1985. 24 November 2024. 70.