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This is a list of flags that are used exclusively in the traditional cultural region of Brittany, including the modern administrative region of the same name as well as the Loire-Atlantique department. Other flags used in Brittany, as well as the rest of France can be found at list of French flags.
Regional flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1923 | Flag of Brittanyreg | Nine horizontal stripes alternating black and white with an ermine canton (sable, four bars argent, a canton ermine).[1] |
 | 2005 | Logo variant of the flag of Brittany | Logo on a white background. |
City and town flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Bégard | ||
.svg) | Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer | ||
 | Flag of Binic | ||
 | Flag of Bréhand | ||
 .svg) .svg) .svg) | Flag of Brest | ||
 | Flag of Châteaugiron | ||
 | Flag of Châteauneuf-du-Faou | ||
 | Flag of Combourg | ||
 | Flag of Concarneau | ||
 | Flag of Dinan | ||
.svg) | 1905–1998, 2014–present | Flag of Dinard[2] | |
 | 1998–2014 | ||
 | 1988–present | Flag of Dol-de-Bretagne[3] | |
 | Flag of Donges | ||
 | Flag of Étables-sur-Mer | ||
 | Flag of Évran | ||
 | Flag of Fouesnant | ||
 | Flag of Fougères | ||
 | Flag of Guérande | ||
 | Flag of Guerlesquin | ||
 | Flag of Guingamp | ||
 | Flag of Hillion | ||
 | Flag of Hœdic | ||
 | Flag of Huelgoat | ||
 | Flag of Île de Batz | ||
 | Flag of Île de Sein | ||
 | 2025–present | Flag of Indre[4] | |
 | 2002–present | Flag of Kerlouan | |
 | Flag of La Forest-Landerneau[5] | ||
 | Flag of Landerneau | ||
 | Flag of Landivisiau | ||
 | Flag of Lannion | ||
 | 1999–present | Flag of Le Juch | |
 | Flag of Lorient | ||
 | Flag of Merdrignac | ||
 | Flag of Mordelles | ||
 | Flag of Mûr-de-Bretagne | ||
 | Flag of Nantes | ||
 | Flag of Nort-sur-Erdre | ||
 | Flag of Paimpol | ||
 | Flag of Plancoët | ||
 | Flag of Plédran | ||
 | Flag of Plérin | ||
 | Flag of Plomelin | ||
 | Flag of Pont-l'Abbé | ||
 | Flag of Pontrieux | ||
 | Flag of Port-Louis | ||
 | Flag of Pouldergat | ||
 | Flag of Redon | ||
 | Flag of Rennes | ||
 | Flag of Rezé | ||
 | Flag of Rostrenen | ||
 | Flag of Saint-Brieuc | ||
.svg) | Flag of Saint-Malo | ||
 | Flag of Saint-Nazaire | ||
 | Flag of Saint-Pol-de-Léon | ||
 | Flag of Saint-Quay-Portrieux | ||
 | Flag of Tréveneuc | ||
 | Flag of Ushant | ||
 | Flag of Vannes | ||
 | Flag of Yffiniac |
Traditional regions
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1996–present | Flag of Cornouaille | A white ram on a blue field. |
 | 1996–present | Flag of Léon | A black lion rampant on an orange field. |
 | 1996–present | Flag of Pays de Dol | A white-and-red quartered field with three black ermine spots in each of the white quarters. |
 | A simplified version of the flag without the ermine spots. | ||
_-_blue.svg) _-_green.svg) | Flag of Pays Nantais | ||
  | Flag of Pays Rennais | ||
 | Flag of Pays de Saint-Brieuc | ||
 | 2006–present | Flag of Pays de Saint-Malo | A black cross outlined in gold, with red fields in the first and fourth quarters, and white fields containing three black ermine spots each in the second and third quarters. |
 | 1996–2006 | ||
 | 1998–present | Flag of Trégor | A black cross overlaid with a red wyvern, on an orange field. |
 | 1996–1998 | A black cross on a yellow field, with a black alerion in each quarter. | |
  | Flag of Vannetais |
Traditional districts
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Landforms
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Landmarks
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag flown at the Château de Clisson[7] | A pennant divided into two horizontal stripes of red and yellow. | |
 | Flag flown at the Château de Josselin | A banner of arms of the House of Rohan-Chabot. | |
 | Flag flown at the Château de Tonquédec[8] | ||
 | Flag flown at the Fort-la-Latte[9] | A banner of arms of the House of Goyon de Matignon. |
Political flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2005–present | Flag of Ai'ta! | |
 | 2001–present | Flag of Adsav | |
 | 2013 | Flag of the Bonnets Rouges | A red field divided by a white saltire, with a red disk in the centre of the saltire and four white ermine spots sticking out of the disk, arranged like a compass rose.[10] |
 | Flag of the Breton Association of the Pays de Fougères | ||
 | 1971–1980 | Flag of the Breton Communist Party | |
 | 1964– | Flag of the Breton Democratic Union | |
 | 1931–1944 | Flag of the Breton National Party | |
 | 1907 | Flag of the Breton Regionalist Union | |
 | 1996–present | Flag of the Breton Vexillological Society | |
 | 1970s | Flag of Strollad ar Vro | A blue ermine spot in a white disk on a blue field. |
Association flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2007–present | Flag of Association of Breton Nobility |
Scouting flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
  | 1946-1962 | Flag of Bleimor | |
 | 1943-? | Flag of Urz Goanag Breiz |
Religious flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Saint Ivo | A black engrailed cross on an orange field, with a black alerion in each quarter. | |
 | Flag of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller - Priory of Brittany |
Historical flags
edit| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 5th–11th Century | Red Dragon Banner | |
 | 13th–16th Century | Kroaz Du | |
 | 13th–14th Century | Breton Army flag and ensign | |
.svg){kind=small} | 14th–16th Century | Breton Army flag and ensign | |
.svg) | 1532–1547 | Flag of the Duchy of Brittany | |
 | 1651–1740 | Flag of the Brittany Regiment | |
See also
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edit- ^reg Registered at the French Society of Vexillology.
References
edit- ↑ "Brittany (Traditional province, France)".
- ↑ "Municipalité. Un nouveau drapeau". Le Télégramme. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ "Dol-de-Bretagne. The Melen Ha Glaz flag and its symbols". Maville. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ Christopher Eby (2 December 2024). "France's Indre Chooses New Flag Following Public Vote". The Flag Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ↑ "Les élèves de Sainte-Anne ont rencontré le maire". Le Télégramme. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 "Flags of the traditional countries of Brittany". Geobreizh.bzh. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ↑ "Agence du Château". Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ↑ Ivan Sache (31 July 2016). "Tonquédec (Municipality, Côtes-d'Armor, France): Flag of the castle of Tonquédec". Flags of the World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "Drapeau". Château de La Roche Goyon / Fort La Latte. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ↑ Ivan Sache and Fabien Antoine (13 April 2014). "Bonnets Rouges (Protest movement, Brittany, France)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 18 October 2022.