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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.
France. Luxembourg. Spain. Belgium. In medieval historiography, West Francia (Medieval Latin: Francia occidentalis) or the Kingdom of the West Franks (Latin: regnum Francorum occidentalium) constitutes the initial stage of the Kingdom of France and extends from the year 843, from the Treaty of Verdun, to 987, the beginning of the Capetian dynasty.
Overseas region (French: Région d'outre-mer) is a recent designation, given to the overseas departments that have similar powers to those of the regions of metropolitan France. As integral parts of the French Republic , they are represented in the National Assembly , Senate and Economic and Social Council , elect a Member of the European ...
Brittany (/ ˈ b r ɪ t ən i / BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced ⓘ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; [1] [dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
Flag of the Kingdom of France & the Bourbon Restoration: 1791–1814: Flag of Armée des Émigrés: 1793–1800: Type of Catholic and Royal Army of Vendée flag: 1715–1789: State Flag by the Kingdom of France under the absolute monarchy. 1365–1794: The Royal Banner of early modern France or "Bourbon Flag" was the most commonly used flag in ...
At this point, West Francia was composed of Neustria in the west and in the east by Francia proper, the region between the Meuse and the Seine. The Carolingians were restored ten years later in West Francia, and ruled until 987, when the last Frankish King, Louis V, died. West Francia was the land under the control of Charles the Bald. It is ...
Alsace (/ æ l ˈ s æ s /, [5] US also / æ l ˈ s eɪ s, ˈ æ l s æ s /; [6] [7] French: ⓘ; Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß) ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
Flag of the French Protectorate of Wallis and Futuna (Uvea) (1860–1886) Flag of the French Colony of French Sudan (1892–1959) Proposed Flag of the French Congo (1959) Flag of the French protectorate of Saar (1947–1956) Flag of the French protectorate of Rurutu in French Polynesia (1889–1900) Flag of a French Governor.