List of Breton flags

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This is a list of flags that are used exclusively in Brittany. Other flags used in Brittany, as well as the rest of France can be found at list of French flags.

Regional flags

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Flag Date Use Description
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

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Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Bégard
Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer
Flag of Binic
Flag of Bréhand



Flag of Brest
Flag of Châteaugiron
Flag of Châteauneuf-du-Faou
Flag of Combourg
Flag of Concarneau
Flag of Dinan
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
Flag of La Forest-Landerneau[4]
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
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

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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.

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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Flag Date Use Description

Flag of Pays d'Ancenis[5]
Flag of Pays de l'Aven[5]
Flag of Pays de Baud[5]
Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer[5]
Flag of Pays Bidar[5]
1996–present Flag of Pays Bigouden[5]
Flag of Pays de Calanhel[5]
Flag of Cap Sizun[5]
Flag of Chtou[5]
Flag of Clos Poulet[5]
Flag of Clos Ratel[5]
Flag of Coglais[5]
Flag of Dardoup[5]
Flag of Pays Fañch[5]
Flag of Fisel[5]
Flag of Pays Fouesnantais[5]
Flag of Pays Glazik[5]
2009–present Flag of Goëlo[5]

Flag of Pays de Guérande[5]
Flag of Pays Guerchais[5]
Flag of Kernevodez[5]
Flag of Kost ar C'hoed[5]
Flag of Bas-Léon[5]
Flag of Haut-Léon[5]
Flag of Pays de Lorient[5]
Flag of Pays de Loudéac[5]
Flag of Pays de la Mée[5]
Flag of Pays Mitaud[5]
Flag of Pays Pagan[5]
Flag of Penn Sardin[5]
Flag of Penthièvre[5]
Flag of Plinn[5]
Flag of Plougastel[5]
1997–present Flag of Poher[5]
Flag of Pays de Pontivy[5]
Flag of Porhoët[5]
Flag of Poudouvre[5]
Flag of Pays Pourlet[5]
Flag of Presqu'île de Crozon[5]
Flag of Presqu'île de Rhuys[5]
Flag of Pays de Redon[5]
Flag of Pays de Retz[5]
Flag of Pays Rouzig[5]
Flag of Vannetais Oriental[5]
Flag of Vendelais[5]
Flag of Vignoble Nantais[5]

Landforms

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Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Brière[5]

Landmarks

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Flag Date Use Description
Flag flown at the Château de Clisson[6] 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[7]
Flag flown at the Fort-la-Latte[8] A banner of arms of the House of Goyon de Matignon.

Political flags

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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.[9]
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

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Flag Date Use Description
2007–present Flag of Association of Breton Nobility

Scouting flags

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Flag Date Use Description

1946-1962 Flag of Bleimor
1943-? Flag of Urz Goanag Breiz

Religious flags

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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

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Flag Date Use Description
5th–11th Century Red Dragon Banner
13th–16th Century Kroaz Du
13th–14th Century Breton Army flag and ensign
14th–16th Century Breton Army flag and ensign
1532–1547 Flag of the Duchy of Brittany
1651–1740 Flag of the Brittany Regiment

See also

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Notes

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  • ^reg Registered at the French Society of Vexillology.

References

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  1. ^ "Brittany (Traditional province, France)".
  2. ^ "Municipalité. Un nouveau drapeau". Le Télégramme. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Dol-de-Bretagne. The Melen Ha Glaz flag and its symbols". Maville. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Les élèves de Sainte-Anne ont rencontré le maire". Le Télégramme. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "Flags of the traditional countries of Brittany". Geobreizh.bzh. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Agence du Château". Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Drapeau". Château de La Roche Goyon / Fort La Latte. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  9. ^ Ivan Sache and Fabien Antoine (13 April 2014). "Bonnets Rouges (Protest movement, Brittany, France)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 18 October 2022.