Talk:Sarthe

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Removed the previous economy section (2 lines...), which, to my best knowledge was completely wrong and probably mixed up with something else (totallly different than wiki french to start with....). If someone references for that alledged dye production, please provide them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.88.179.93 (talk) 15:56, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Flag of Sarthe

The 'flag' of Sarthe currently listed by this article doesn't seem to be an actual offical flag. More so, it appears that Sarthe and most other French departments don't have an official flag at all. I looked if Sarthe might have an official logo to show on the page instead, but this does not seem to be the case either. Searching for 'drapeau' or 'logo' on the departements website gives no relevant results (for contrast, the department of Aube does have an official logo, but not a flag).

Therefore I propose removing the flag currently shown in this article. I also propose looking into the flags shown in the articles of other French departments, possible replacing them with an official logo, or removing them if necessary. Jerom Bastiaansen (talk) 19:40, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

While not authoritative, the speculation around the status of the flag seems to originate on this webpage, which cites a few photos of the design in semi- or pseudo-official contexts. For further clarification: how are flags deemed "official" for purposes of display on the appropriate locale's page? Perhaps this could be codified if not already. Gribblebub (talk) 17:30, 4 January 2026 (UTC)