Flag of the department of Loire-Atlantique

White, with the dark blue and green logo of the department: the institutional flag of Loire-Atlantique, which in 2004 also hoisted the Breton one.

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The flag, in figures

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: 20122012 · 14 years ago
Colours: white
dark blue
green
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms: YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.

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Field
Logo
No coat of arms
Colours

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 in white, with the logo of the department in the centre.

Field (the cloth): white and plain, with no divisions or border.
Logo: in the centre; the name of the department in dark blue and, below it, a green band.
No coat of arms: it carries no arms or coat of arms, only the logo.
Colours: white, dark blue and green.

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 Loire-Atlantique is a white field with the logo of the department in the centre. It carries no arms and no coat of arms.

How it came about

Loire-Atlantique is a department of France. Its flag is not a blazon: it is a single-colour field with the graphic mark the institution uses as its identity.

The logo is the logo in the centre: the name of the department in dark blue and, below it, a green band. The difference with heraldic flags is total: where a coat of arms tells history with castles or lions, here there is a graphic design.

How it has changed

No approval date is recorded. These are recent flags, tied to the institutional branding of the departmental councils.

What it means

Field
white, plain and with no divisions.
Logo
the logo in the centre: the name of the department in dark blue and, below it, a green band.
No coat of arms
there are no arms, no crown and no crest.

Fun facts

The name is the design
The logo of Loire-Atlantique is purely typographic: the name of the department acts as the figure. There is no graphic element apart from the text.
A green band under the blue
The two colours of the logo are the dark blue of the text and the green of the lower band. It is the only flag of the group with two colours in the mark.
The Atlantic in the name
The department bears the name of the second largest of the rivers of France. The green of the band is the colour of water, although the sea is on the other side.