Flags and coats of arms of the regions of France

This list contains the coats of arms and flags of the 21 former regions (sorted in the order of the French name spelling) and 6 overseas territories of France. As of 2016, France has been divided into 13 European regions (including Corsica) and 5 overseas territories.

Regions

region	flag	Remarks
Alsace ( Alsace )	^?2: 3	The flag and coat of arms are combinations of the symbols of Upper and Lower Alsace , with the white band standing for Lower Alsace and the crowns for Upper Alsace.
Aquitaine ( Aquitaine )	^?3: 5	The region uses the traditional coat of arms of the former Guyenne province , the origin of which is unknown. The nickname is Eleanor's Lion after the medieval Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine ( Aleonòr d'Aquitània ), mother of Richard the Lionheart .
Auvergne	^?3: 5	The Gonfanon supposedly goes on the banner of Eustach III. , of the Count of Boulogne, which he led with the conquest of Jerusalem with his brother Godfrey of Bouillon in 1099.
Burgundy ( Bourgogne )	^?3: 5	The first and fourth quarters of the traditional flag of Burgundy represent the Second House of Burgundy, which ruled from 1363 to 1482. The second and third quarters of the flag represent the First House of Burgundy, which ruled from 1032 to 1061.
Brittany	^?2: 3	The Breton flag , named Gwenn-ha-Du , black and white, has long been considered a separatist flag. The ermine in the upper corner of the flag appears for the first time in 1213 with the coat of arms of Brittany . The current stripe flag was created in 1920, but appeared in its current form for the first time in 1937 at the World Exhibition in Paris. The four white stripes symbolize the Breton regions, the five black ones the Gallic.
Center-Val de Loire	^?	The flag is carried by the fleur-de-lys from the coat of arms of the Kingdom of France from 1376 to 1789. In addition to this flag, the regional council carries a flag with a stylized map of France and a heart for the heart of France .
Champagne-Ardenne	^?3: 5	The historic capital of Champagne was the city of Troyes , which takes its name back to ancient Troy , whose inhabitants scattered across Europe and brought with them the idea of mazes, which the meander line is supposed to remember.
Franche-Comté	^?	The flag uses the traditional symbols of the former province of Franche-Comté , which Otto IV adopted as Count Palatine of Burgundy in 1286.
Île-de-France	^?3: 5	The flag and coat of arms deliberately use the colors of the French nation and use the fleur-de-lys from the coat of arms of the Kingdom of France from 1376 to 1789.
Languedoc-Roussillon	^?3: 5	Languedoc-Roussillon carries the Tolosan Cross of Toulouse (for Languedoc ) and the colors of Aragon , to which Roussillon fell in 1172.
Limousin	^?2: 3	The ermine flag of the former province of Limousin is derived from Guy de Penthièvre , the son of Arthur II .
Lorraine ( Lorraine )	^?3: 5	The flag corresponds to the coat of arms. The sloping beam with the eagles appears in the seals of Duke Simon II around 1195 , although eagle mutilation has only occurred since the 15th century.
Midi-Pyrénées	^?3: 5	The flag is the flag of the Counts of Toulouse, the former province of Languedoc and today's city of Toulouse with the Tolosan cross from 1211. The model was possibly a 12-rayed sun disk.
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	^?3: 5	The colors are based on the flag of Flanders and, like this, has a black lion on gold.
Lower Normandy	^?2: 3	The coat of arms is said to come from Guillaume le Bâtard ( William the Conqueror ), but the coat of arms of Normandy only appeared on the shield of Gottfried Plantagenet , who ruled from 1135/1144 to 1150.
Upper Normandy	^?3: 5	Allegedly the coat of arms comes from William the Conqueror , but the coat of arms of Normandy only appeared on the shield of Gottfried Plantagenet , who ruled from 1135/1144 to 1150.
Pays de la Loire	^?3: 5
Picardy	^?3: 5
Poitou-Charentes	^?3: 5	The flag shows the five castles that King Alphonse took over from his mother's coat of arms from the House of Castile (" Burgenland ").
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	^?2: 3	The flag from 1999 combines the traditional gold with the red vertical stripes of Provence with the dolphin of the Dauphiné and the eagle of the county of Nice .
Rhône-Alpes	^?3: 5	The flag combines the fleur-de-lys from the coat of arms of the Kingdom of France with the red and gold vertical stripes of Provence with the dolphin of the Dauphiné , the cross of the House of Savoyenn and an upright lion.

Local authorities

region	flag	Remarks
Corsica (Corse)	^?3: 5	The Corsican flag has the name bandiera testa mora, flag with the Moor's head. The origin of this flag (and the coat of arms) is not clear and gives rise to much speculation. The coat of arms is perhaps based on the so-called "Alt-Aragon" coat of arms, which showed four severed Moorish heads next to the red Georgian cross .
French Guiana (Guyane française)	^?2: 3	On January 29, 2010, the Department's General Council officially adopted its own flag. ( Flag declaration )
Guadeloupe	^?2: 3	The Caribbean department has a coat of arms but no flag. The official flag is the French tricolor . However, the independence movement uses its own flag.
Martinique	^?2: 3	The flag is unofficial and is used by the independence movement.
Mayotte	^?2: 3	The flag is unofficial. The General Council uses a white flag with Mayotte's coat of arms , along with the two seahorses as a shield bearer.
Reunion	^?	The regional flag, which is not officially recognized, points to blue sunrays over a red mountain.