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This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by France, French Overseas Collectivites, the Sui Generis Collectivity and the French Overseas Territory.

The French Society of Vexillology is the authority on the flying of flags in France and maintains the only official register of flags for the country.^[1] It was established in 1985 and as part of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques operates under the authority of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The Breton Vexillology Society holds a similar role within Brittany.

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"adhésion et renouvellement". French Society of Vexillology. Retrieved 22 December 2016. La Société française de vexillologie (SFV) est ouverte sans condition de nationalité à quiconque s'intéresse à l'étude des drapeaux et des pavillons sous tous leurs aspects (usage, histoire, symbolisme, fabrication, etc.) et adhère aux règles et principes énoncés dans ses statuts.

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"À propos du bleu du drapeau tricolore" [About the blue of the tricolor flag]. Société Française de Vexillologie (in French).

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"Emmanuel Macron a changé la couleur du drapeau français" [Emmanuel Macron has changed the color of the French flag]. CNEWS (in French). CNews. 14 November 2021.

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de Raguenel, Louis (14 November 2021). "INFO EUROPE 1 : Emmanuel Macron a changé la couleur du drapeau français" [INFO EUROPE 1: Emmanuel Macron has changed the color of the French flag]. Europe 1 (in French).

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Epstein, Jake (15 November 2021). "France changed the color of its flag — and no one noticed for over a year". Insider. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

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"Marques, honneurs, saluts et visites dans les forces navales et à bord des bâtiments de la marine militaire". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). 10 August 1939. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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@OAanmoen (24 January 2022). "French royalists marched in Paris this weekend to mark the death of King Louis XVI and demand the return of the mon…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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New York State Historical Association (1915). Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association with the Quarterly Journal: 2nd-21st Annual Meeting with a List of New Members. The Association. It is most probable that the Bourbon Flag was used during the greater part of the occupancy of the French in the region extending southwest from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi , known as New France... The French flag was probably blue at that time with three golden fleur - de - lis ....

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"Fleur-de-lys | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. At the time of New France (1534 to the 1760s), two flags could be viewed as having national status. The first was the banner of France — a blue square flag bearing three gold fleurs-de-lys. It was flown above fortifications in the early years of the colony. For instance, it was flown above the lodgings of Pierre Du Gua de Monts at Île Sainte-Croix in 1604. There is some evidence that the banner also flew above Samuel de Champlain's habitation in 1608. ..... the completely white flag of the French Royal Navy was flown from ships, forts and sometimes at land-claiming ceremonies.

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"INQUINTE.CA | CANADA 150 Years of History ~ The story behind the flag". inquinte.ca. When Canada was settled as part of France and dubbed "New France," two flags gained national status. One was the Royal Banner of France. This featured a blue background with three gold fleurs-de-lis. A white flag of the French Royal Navy was also flown from ships and forts and sometimes flown at land-claiming ceremonies.

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W. Stewart Wallace (1948). The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada. pp. 350–351. During the French régime in Canada, there does not appear to have been any French national flag in the modern sense of the term. The "Banner of France", which was composed of fleur-de-lys on a blue field, came nearest to being a national flag, since it was carried before the king when he marched to battle, and thus in some sense symbolized the kingdom of France. During the later period of French rule, it would seem that the emblem...was a flag showing the fleur-de-lys on a white ground.... as seen in Florida. There were, however, 68 flags authorized for various services by Louis XIV in 1661; and a number of these were doubtless used in New France

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Date	Party	Description
2021–present; originally adopted in 1794	National flag of the French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic, French State, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic, and the French Fifth Republic. Originally adopted on 15 February 1794 and interchangeable with the lighter version introduced in 1976.	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1976–2021	An interchangeable lighter version of the national flag of the French Fifth Republic from 1976.^[2] This version was abandoned by President Emmanuel Macron in July 2021 in favor of the version with darker shades.^[3]^[4]^[5]	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1976–2021	Flag of France (vertical)
2021–present; originally adopted in 1794	Modern Flag of France

Date	Party	Description
1880–present	The Presidential and Prime Minister Standard of France	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1).
1880–present	The Presidential and Prime Minister Standard of France (variant)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1887–1894	Presidential standard of Sadi Carnot	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "C".
1894–1895	Presidential standard of Jean Casimir-Perier	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "CP".
1895–1899	Presidential standard of Félix Faure	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "FF".
1899–1906	Presidential standard of Émile Loubet	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "EL".
1906–1913	Presidential standard of Armand Fallières	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "AF".
1913–1920	Presidential standard of Raymond Poincaré	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "RP".
1920	Presidential standard of Paul Deschanel	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden"PD".
1920–1924	Presidential standard of Alexandre Millerand	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "AM".
1924–1931	Presidential standard of Gaston Doumergue	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "GD".
1931–1932	Presidential standard of Paul Doumer	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "PD".
1932–1940	Presidential standard of Albert Lebrun	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "AL".
1940–1944	Presidential standards of Philippe Pétain	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the axe and 7 golden stars.
1947–1954	Presidential standard of Vincent Auriol	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "VA".
1958–1959	Presidential standard of René Coty	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "RC".
1959–1969	Presidential standards of Charles de Gaulle	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with the red Cross of Lorraine. A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "CG" and the red Cross of Lorraine.
1969–1974	Presidential standards of Georges Pompidou	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the golden "GP".
1974	Presidential standards of Alain Poher	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the golden "AP".
1975–1981	Presidential standards of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the golden fasces.
1982–1995	Presidential standards of François Mitterrand	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the golden oak tree.
1982–1995	Presidential standards of François Mitterrand	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the golden "FM".

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	1880–1958	Flag of the Governor Colony	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red on swallow tail blue ensign. (proportions 1:2).
	1976–present	Flag of the Minister of Overseas	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) on a blue ensign.

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	early 17th century–1789 1814–1830	Universal standard of the kings of France from the House of Bourbon
	1643–1715	Royal standard of Louis XIV
	1715–1789	Royal standard of Louis XV and Louis XVI
	1804–1815	Imperial standard of Napoléon I
	1815–1830	Royal Standard of Louis XVIII and Charles X.
	1830–1848	Royal Standard of Louis-Philippe I
	1870–1873	Imperial standard of Napoléon III
	1873–1879	Imperial standard of Napoléon III
	1827–1877	Personal Standard of Pomare IV

Date	Use	Description
	Flag of the Minister of the Armed Forces	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with a golden emblem.
10 August 1939–present	Flag of the Chief of the Defence Staff	Originally the marque of the Chief of the National Defence.^[6]
1916–present	Flag of the Marshal of France

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	10 August 1939–present	Flag of the Chief of Staff of the French Army	Marque given to the chief of staff.^[6]
	1791–1796	Flag of National Volunteers

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	17th century	Civil Ensign of Kingdom of France
	?–1790	Civil ensign of Kingdom of France
	?–1790	Merchant ensign of Kingdom of France
	1923–1945 1945–1949	Civil and merchant ensign of French Indochina

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2016–present	Flag of French Society of Vexillology
	1996–present	Flag of Breton Vexillological Society

Date	City	Description
1945-present	Paris	Main article: Flag of Paris In the center is the coat of arms of Paris. Red is identified with Saint Denis, blue with Saint Martin.
13th century–present	Marseille	Main article: Flag of Marseille The flag dates from the time of the crusades. The cross is a symbol of the crusades
?–present	Lyon	Main article: Flag of Lyon
14th century–present	Nice	Flag of the County of Nice (1108-1176)
?–present	Nantes	White cross of the Kingdom of France on the black cross of Brittany
1262–present	Strasbourg	Colors of Alsace

Flag	Date	Party
current
	2011–present	Lys noir^fr
	2011–present	Ligue du Midi ^oc
	2011–present	Popular Republican Union
	2010–present	Europe Ecology – The Greens
	2009–present	Left Party
	2000s–present	Identitarian movement
Link to file	1998–present	Guadeloupe Communist Party
	1994–present	Terre et Peuple
	1983–present	French Nationalist Party
	1977–present	Tahoera'a Huiraatira
	1964–present	Breton Democratic Union
former
	2013–2014	Bonnets Rouges
	2008–2011	Front Comtois
	1991–2019	Alternative libertaire
	2016–2017	French Renewal
	2005–2016	French Renewal
	1968–2013	L'Œuvre Française
	1961–1962	Organisation armée secrète
	1941–1945	National Popular Rally
	1936–1945	French Popular Party
	1934–1944	French National-Collectivist Party
	1933–1944	Mouvement Franciste
	1927–1939	French Agrarian and Peasant Party
	1791–1792	Feuillant
	1790–1795	Cordeliers

Flag	Date	Party
Brittany
	2001–present	Adsav
	1971–1980	Breton Communist Party
	1931–1944	Breton National Party
	1907	Breton Regionalist Union
Occitania
	2018–present	Democratic Organization of the People of Occitania^oc
	1969–1976	Anarchist-Communist Federation of Occitania
	1959–present	Partit de la Nacion Occitana
Catalonia
	1972–1981	Catalan Workers' Left
Guadeloupe
	1978–present	People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe
	1963–1970s	Guadeloupe National Organizing Group
Saint Martin
	1990–present	Pro-Unification of Saint Martin flag
Martinique
	1992–present	Build the Martinique Country and Movement of Democrats and Ecologists for Sovereign Martinique^fr
Link to file	1984–present	National Council of People's Committees^fr
	1984–present	Communist Party for Independence and Socialism
	1978–present	Martinican Independence Movement
New Caledonia
	1984–present	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front
	1953–present	Caledonian Union
French Polynesia
	1986–present	Tavini Huiraatira
French Guiana
	1991–present	Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement
Pied-Noir
	2016–present	Etat Pied-Noir

Date	Use	Description
11th century–present	Flag of Alsatians	Flag of Alsace
?	Cultural flag of Arpitania	Sun of the Alps
1894–present	Flag of Basques	Ikurriña
1923–present	Flag of Bretons	Flag of Brittany
1923–present	Flag of Catalans	Senyera serves as a flag of Pyrénées-Orientales
1188?–present	Flag of Gascon people	Flag of Gascony
13th century–present	Flag of Norman people	Flag and coat of arms of Normandy
19th century–present	Flag of Occitans	Occitan cross
?–present	Flag of Pied-Noirs
1847–present	Flag of Savoyards	Duchy of Savoy#Flag
?–present	Flag of Yenish people
?–present	Flag of Native Guyanese
2010–present	Flag of Kanak people	Flags of New Caledonia
1837–present	Flag of Mangarevans	Flag of the Gambier Islands
1980–present	Flag of Marquesans	Flag of the Marquesas Islands
1788–present	Flag of Tahitians	Flag of French Polynesia
1985–present	Flag of Tuamotus
1985–present	Flag of Tubuaians	Flag of the Austral Islands
1985–present	Flag of Uvea people	Flag of Wallis and Futuna

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1790–1794	Flag of Kingdom of France and French First Republic
	14 July 1790	Revolutionist flag
	21 January 1793	Revolutionist flag
	7 May 1794	Revolutionist flag
	1814–1830	Royal flag of Kingdom of France
	1848	Flag of French Second Republic
	1940–1944	Flag of Free France
	1943–1944	Flag of the Milice

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	10th century–12th century	Banner of the Kingdom of France
	12th century–13th century	Banner of the Kingdom of France
	14th century–16th century	Banner of the Kingdom of France
	1365–1792 1815–1830	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 New France.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
	1124–1356	Oriflamme
	1124–1356	Oriflamme (variant)
	9th century	Oriflamme (variant)
	9th century	Oriflamme (variant)
	9th century	Oriflamme (variant)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Adopted 11th century	Historical flag of Alsace
	1912–1918	Flag of Alsace-Lorraine, adopted on the 25th of June 1912 and flag of the Republic of Alsace-Lorraine (1918)
	1871–1918	Flag of Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine
	982–1803	Banner of the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	911–1469	Flag of Duchy of Normandy
	1035–1087	William the Conquerors gonfalon	William the Conquerors personal gonfalon held by Eustace II, Count of Boulogne in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1820–1845	Flag of Kingdom of Bora Bora
	1837–1842	Flag of Kingdom of Bora Bora
	1842–1895	Flag of Kingdom of Bora Bora
	1847–1888	Flag of Kingdom of Huahine
	1847–1880	Flag of Kingdom of Raiatea
	1880–1888	Flag of Kingdom of Raiatea
	1822–1829	Flag of Kingdom of Tahiti
	1829–1843	Flag of Kingdom of Tahiti
	1843–1880	Flag of Tahiti Protectorate

Date	Use	Description
1419	Flag of Dauphin Charles (future Charles VII) upon his entry (adventus) into Bourges on March 14, 1419. According to Anselme d'Ysalguier (from Toulouse) eyewitness.
c. 1569	Huguenot battle flag
c. 1590	Flag of the Catholic League
1870	Banner of the Catholic French Papal Zouaves
1871	Revolutionary banner from the Paris Commune	A plain red flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1871	A proposed flag of France, possible design by Henri d'Artois, comte de Chambord.
	ca. 2010	Proposal by Hervé, Baron Pinoteau for the flag of a restored Kingdom of France under legitimist Bourbon branch.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	939–1547	Flag of Duchy of Brittany
	939–1547	Duchy of Brittany - Kroaz Du
	14th century–16th century	Breton Army Flag and Ensign
	1351	Brittany banner during the Breton Civil War

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	918–1482	Flag of Duchy of Burgundy
	14th century	Flag of Cross of Burgundy

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Medieval	Flag of County of Foix
	9th century–1620	Flag of Viscounty of Béarn
	602–1453	Flag of Duchy of Aquitaine
	778–1271	Flag of County of Toulouse
	1108–1176	Flag of County of Nice
	1274–1791	Flag of Comtat Venaissin
	1848–1849	Flag of the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune
	1944	Flag of Free Republic of Vercors

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2010–2015	Flag of the Territorial Collectivity of French Guiana
	Colonial	Unofficial French Guiana	Banner of arms of French Guiana.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1858–1889	Flag of Kingdom of Rurutu
	1889–1900	Flag of Kingdom of Rurutu
	1856–1891	Flag of Kingdom of Rimatara
	1891–1900	Flag of Kingdom of Rimatara

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1837–1842	Flag of Kingdom of Tahuata
	1835	Flag of Kingdom of Taiohae

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1766–2018	Unofficial flag of Martinique
	2019–2021	Flag of the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1842–1860	Flag of Kingdom of Uvea
	1860–1886	Flag of Kingdom of Uvea
	1886–1887	Flag of Kingdom of Uvea
	1837–1858	Royal Standard of Uvea
	1858–1887	Royal Standard of Uvea
	1887–1910	Unofficial flag of Wallis and Futuna
	1910–1974	Unofficial flag of Wallis and Futuna
	1974–1985	Unofficial flag of Wallis and Futuna

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present?	Human Rights League
	1967–	Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer
	1896–1935	French Society of Sea Works

Date	Use	Description
1976–2016	Société nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée
1912–1962	Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique
1903–1988	Caen Naval Company^fr
1883–1990	Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
1881–1933	Fabre Line	They used the flag of Marseille.
1872–?	Chargeurs
1851–1977	Messageries Maritimes
1836–1979	Compagnie Fraissinet
1664–1794	French East India Company

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Standards

Presidential Standards

Ministers Standards

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Military

Army

Navy

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Civil Ensign

Vexillology Associations

Regional and territorial flags

City flags

Largest cities

Political flags

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Separatist movements flags

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