Flag of Réunion
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| Tricolore | |
| Use | National flag, civil and state ensign |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 15 February 1794 |
| Design | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. |
| Lö Mahavéli | |
.svg) Unofficial flag used by several local authorities | |
| Use |  |
| Adopted | 2003 |
 Flag of the Regional Council of Réunion | |
The flag of Reunion is the flag of the department of Réunion. The region uses the flag of France, the national flag of the country. Although the decentralization of France installed a number of flags of the metropolitan regions, Réunion does not have a separate official flag. However, the Regional Council of Réunion does have a flag.
Other flags
Lö Mahavéli
The flag was designed in 1974 by Guy Pignolet with help of Jean Finck and Didier Finck. The Vexillological Association of Réunion selected the flag in 2003 and further promoted its use online. It depicts the volcano of la Fournaise, bedecked by gold sunbeams. [1]
It does not have official recognition, but since 2014 several city councils have displayed the flag outside public buildings such as the town halls of Saint-Denis and Saint-Philippe.[2][3] The flag is included in many versions of emoji.[4]
Independentist flag
An additional flag was created by Réunion independentists and nationalists in 1986.[5] Green symbolizes the marronage, yellow symbolizes the working class and red symbolizes the period of slavery and indentured labour imposed by the French, struck by a yellow star with five points.
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Flag used by Réunion nationalists -
Lö Mahavéli -
Proposed flag of Réunion by the Mouvman Lantant Koudmin -
Flag of the Regional Council of Réunion -
Former flag of the Regional Council of Réunion -
Flag of Réunion regional council, the EU and France -
Proposed flag of Réunion by the Association for the Réunion Flag
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See also
References
- ^ "Patriotisme et drapeaux". Reunionweb.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Lo Mavéli adopté à Saint-Philippe". Linfo.re. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Reunion (France): Flag proposals - FOTW". Flags of the World (FOTW). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "🇷🇪 Flag for Réunion Emoji". Emojipedia. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Drapeaux de la Reunion - -". www.iledelareunion.net. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
External links
Media related to Flags of Réunion at Wikimedia Commons