List of French flags

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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Date	Party	Description
2020–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).
1976–2020	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).
1976–2020	Flag of France (vertical)
2020–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 1814–1815^[a] 1815-1830	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
	1804–1814 1815^[b]	Imperial standard of Napoléon I
	1814-1815^[a] 1815–1830	Royal Standard of Louis XVIII and Charles X.
	1830–1848	Royal Standard of Louis Philippe I
	1870–1873	Imperial standard of Napoleon III
	1873–1879	Imperial standard of Napoleon 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

Date	Use	Description
10 August 1939–present	Flag of the Chief of Staff of the French Navy	Marque given to the chief of staff.^[6]
1794–1814 1853–present	Naval ensign of France	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red, but with bars in proportion 30:33:37
1848–1910	Naval ensign of French Algeria
16th century–?	Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France
?–1790	Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Galley Ensign)
1790–1794	Naval ensign of Kingdom of France and French First Republic	A white flag with a bordered, first version of the French tricolore on the top-left honour quadrant
1638–1790 1814–1815^[a] 1815-1830	Naval ensign of Kingdom of France	A pure white flag
1943–1945	Naval jack of Free France	The argent rhomboid field is defaced with a gules Lorraine cross.
10 August 1939–present	Flag of the Admiral of the French Navy
10 August 1939–present	Flag of the Vice-Admiral D'escadre of the French Navy
	Flag of the Vice-Admiral of the French Navy
	Flag of the Contre-Admiral of the French Navy
	Flag of the Capitaine de Vaisseau of the French Navy (Division)
	Flag of the Capitaine de Vaisseau of the French Navy (Unit)
	Flag of the Harbour Commanding Officer
	Flag of the Senior Merchant Navy Captain in the harbour
	Pennant

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
		French pilot boat flag

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
	2021–present	Reconquête


	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

National flags

Standards

Presidential Standards

Ministers Standards

Royal Standards

Military

Army

Navy

Air Force

Civil Ensign

Vexillology Associations

Regional and territorial flags

City flags

Largest cities

Political flags

Monarchist flags

Separatist movements flags

Ethnic groups flags

Historical flags

Colonial flags

Other historical flags

Flag proposal

Associations

French shipping company

French yacht clubs

Fictional flags

See also

Notes

References

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