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Flag of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Blue ground with the white logo of the region, a mountain inside a circle: the flag of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since September 2016.

Flag of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
2:33 wide for every 2 high. 989 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
20162016 · 10 years ago
Colours
  • blue
  • white
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
12

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  1. The blue field

  2. 1

    The circle with the mountain

  3. 2

    The text

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio, blue, with the white logo of the region in the centre: a circle with a mountain figure inside it and, to its right, the name of the region written in white. It is a logo flag, not a traditional flag with arms.

Field
blue and plain, with no stripes or divisions.
Logo
white and centred; it combines a circle, a mountain silhouette and the text «Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes».
No coat of arms
there are no arms or coat of arms; what it carries is a logo.
Colours
blue and white.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

The flag of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a blue field with the white logo of the region in the centre: a mountain inside a circle and, to its right, the name of the region.

How it came about

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a region of France created in 2016 by the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. Its flag, with the white logo on blue, has been in use since September 2016.

It is not a heraldic flag: there are no arms and no coat of arms. It is a brand flag, built from a logo.

How it has changed

It has never changed. It was adopted in 2016 with the creation of the region.

What it means

  • Blue

    the background of the field, plain and with no stripes.

  • Logo

    white and centred. It combines a circle, a mountain silhouette and the text «Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes».

  • No coat of arms

    what it carries is a logo, not arms.

Fun facts

  1. A logo flag

    Modern administrative regions in Europe usually build their flag from a graphic mark rather than from a coat of arms. This one carries the name of the region written on the field, which is unusual in a flag.

  2. A mountain inside a circle

    The logo combines a circle with a mountain silhouette inside it and the text of the region to the right. The circle works as a mark, not as a coat of arms: there is no crown, no crest and no divisions.

  3. It is born with the region

    The flag is from 2016, the same year the region was created by the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. There is no earlier flag: the region and its banner start together.

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  4. 4. In which year was the current flag adopted?

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Credits

Flag image: Pictogramme original : Graphéine (2016). Composition SVG du drapeau : Germenfer (2021)., Wikimedia Commons · CC0.

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