List of Breton flags
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This is a list of flags that are used exclusively in the traditional cultural region of Brittany, including the modern administrative region of the same name as well as the Loire-Atlantique department. Other flags used in Brittany, as well as the rest of France can be found at list of French flags.
Regional flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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. |
City and town flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Bégard | ||
.svg) | Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer | ||
 | Flag of Binic | ||
 | Flag of Bréhand | ||
 .svg) .svg) .svg) | Flag of Brest | ||
 | Flag of Châteaugiron | ||
 | Flag of Châteauneuf-du-Faou | ||
 | Flag of Combourg | ||
 | Flag of Concarneau | ||
 | Flag of Dinan | ||
.svg) | 1905–1998, 2014–present | Flag of Dinard[2] | |
 | 1998–2014 | ||
 | 1988–present | Flag of Dol-de-Bretagne[3] | |
 | Flag of Donges | ||
 | Flag of Étables-sur-Mer | ||
 | Flag of Évran | ||
 | Flag of Fouesnant | ||
 | Flag of Fougères | ||
 | Flag of Guérande | ||
 | Flag of Guerlesquin | ||
 | Flag of Guingamp | ||
 | Flag of Hillion | ||
 | Flag of Hœdic | ||
 | Flag of Huelgoat | ||
 | Flag of Île de Batz | ||
 | Flag of Île de Sein | ||
 | 2025–present | Flag of Indre[4] | |
 | 2002–present | Flag of Kerlouan | |
 | Flag of La Forest-Landerneau[5] | ||
 | 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 Nantes | ||
 | 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 | ||
.svg) | 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
| 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. | ||
_-_blue.svg) _-_green.svg) | 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
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
  | Flag of Pays d'Ancenis[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays de l'Aven[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays de Baud[6] | ||
 | Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Bidar[6] | ||
 | 1996–present | Flag of Pays Bigouden[6] | |
 | Flag of Pays de Calanhel[6] | ||
 | Flag of Cap Sizun[6] | ||
 | Flag of Chtou[6] | ||
 | Flag of Clos Poulet[6] | ||
 | Flag of Clos Ratel[6] | ||
 | Flag of Coglais[6] | ||
 | Flag of Dardoup[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Fañch[6] | ||
 | Flag of Fisel[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Fouesnantais[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Glazik[6] | ||
 | 2009–present | Flag of Goëlo[6] | |
  | Flag of Pays de Guérande[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Guerchais[6] | ||
 | Flag of Kernevodez[6] | ||
 | Flag of Kost ar C'hoed[6] | ||
 | Flag of Bas-Léon[6] | ||
 | Flag of Haut-Léon[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays de Lorient[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays de Loudéac[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays de la Mée[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Mitaud[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Pagan[6] | ||
 | Flag of Penn Sardin[6] | ||
 | Flag of Penthièvre[6] | ||
 | Flag of Plinn[6] | ||
 | Flag of Plougastel[6] | ||
 | 1997–present | Flag of Poher[6] | |
 | Flag of Pays de Pontivy[6] | ||
 | Flag of Porhoët[6] | ||
 | Flag of Poudouvre[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Pourlet[6] | ||
 | Flag of Presqu'île de Crozon[6] | ||
 | Flag of Presqu'île de Rhuys[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays de Redon[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays de Retz[6] | ||
 | Flag of Pays Rouzig[6] | ||
 | Flag of Vannetais Oriental[6] | ||
 | Flag of Vendelais[6] | ||
 | Flag of Vignoble Nantais[6] |
Landforms
Landmarks
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag flown at the Château de Clisson[7] | A pennant divided into two horizontal stripes of red and yellow. | |
 | Flag flown at the Château de Josselin | A banner of arms of the House of Rohan-Chabot. | |
 | Flag flown at the Château de Tonquédec[8] | ||
 | Flag flown at the Fort-la-Latte[9] | A banner of arms of the House of Goyon de Matignon. |
Political flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2005–present | Flag of Ai'ta! | |
 | 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.[10] |
 | 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. |
Association flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2007–present | Flag of Association of Breton Nobility |
Scouting flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
  | 1946-1962 | Flag of Bleimor | |
 | 1943-? | Flag of Urz Goanag Breiz |
Religious flags
| 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
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 5th–11th Century | Red Dragon Banner | |
 | 13th–16th Century | Kroaz Du | |
 | 13th–14th Century | Breton Army flag and ensign | |
.svg){kind=small} | 14th–16th Century | Breton Army flag and ensign | |
.svg) | 1532–1547 | Flag of the Duchy of Brittany | |
 | 1651–1740 | Flag of the Brittany Regiment | |
See also
Notes
- ^reg Registered at the French Society of Vexillology.