List of Breton flags

Summary

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 edit

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.

Departmental flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of Côtes-d'Armorreg Banner of arms.
  Flag of Finistère Banner of arms.
  Flag of Ille-et-Vilaine Banner of arms.
  Flag of Morbihan Banner of arms.

City and town flags edit

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
  1998–present Flag of Dinard
  1905–1998
  Flag of Dol-de-Bretagne
  Flag of Donges
  Flag of Étables-sur-Mer
  Flag of Évran
  Flag of Fouesnant
  Flag of Fougères
  Flag of Guerlesquin
  Flag of Guingamp
  Flag of Hillion
  Flag of Hœdic
  Flag of Île de Batz
  Flag of Île de Sein
  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 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 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.
 
 
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 edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of Pays d'Ancenis
  Flag of Pays de l'Aven
  Flag of Pays de Baud
  Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer
  Flag of Pays Bidar
  1996–present Flag of Pays Bigouden
  Flag of Pays de Calanhel
  Flag of Cap Sizun
  Flag of Chtou
  Flag of Clos Poulet
  Flag of Clos Ratel
  Flag of Coglais
  Flag of Dardoup
  Flag of Pays Fañch
  Flag of Fisel
  Flag of Pays Fouesnantais
  Flag of Pays Glazik
  2009–present Flag of Goëlo
 
 
Flag of Pays de Guérande
  Flag of Pays Guerchais
  Flag of Kernevodez
  Flag of Kost ar C'hoed
  Flag of Bas-Léon
  Flag of Haut-Léon
  Flag of Pays de Lorient
  Flag of Pays de Loudéac
  Flag of Pays de la Mée
  Flag of Pays Mitaud
  Flag of Pays Pagan
  Flag of Penn Sardin
  Flag of Penthièvre
  Flag of Plinn
  Flag of Plougastel
  1997–present Flag of Poher
  Flag of Pays de Pontivy
  Flag of Porhoët
  Flag of Poudouvre
  Flag of Pays Pourlet
  Flag of Presqu'île de Crozon
  Flag of Presqu'île de Rhuys
  Flag of Pays de Redon
  Flag of Pays de Retz
  Flag of Pays Rouzig
  Flag of Vannetais Oriental
  Flag of Vendelais
  Flag of Vignoble Nantais

Landforms edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of Brière

Landmarks edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Château de Tonquédec[2]
  Flag of the Château de Josselin A banner of arms of the House of Rohan-Chabot.

Political flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  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.[3]
  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.

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
  14th–16th Century Breton Army flag and ensign
  1532–1547 Flag of the Duchy of Brittany

See also edit

Notes edit

  • ^reg Registered at the French Society of Vexillology.

References edit

  1. ^ "Brittany (Traditional province, France)".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Ivan Sache and Fabien Antoine (13 April 2014). "Bonnets Rouges (Protest movement, Brittany, France)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 18 October 2022.