White, with the green logo that joins an “M” and the number 51: the institutional flag of the department of Marne since September 2018.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio in white, with the green logo of the department in the centre.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of Marne is a white field with the logo of the department in the centre. It carries no arms and no coat of arms.
Marne 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 green logo in the centre: an “M” and the number 51 together inside a circle, with the text below. The difference with heraldic flags is total: where a coat of arms tells history with castles or lions, here there is a graphic design.
No approval date is recorded. These are recent flags, tied to the institutional branding of the departmental councils.
Ground
white, plain and with no divisions.
Logo
the green logo in the centre: an “M” and the number 51 together inside a circle, with the text below.
No coat of arms
there are no arms, no crown and no crest.
Marne writes its administrative number, 51, inside a green circle next to the initial. Few departmental flags carry their numeric code.
The “M” is enclosed in a circle, which makes it almost a registered trademark. The effect is that of a seal, not of a coat of arms.
Department numbers in France are assigned in alphabetical order. The 51 corresponds to Marne, and the flag writes it so that there is no doubt about which department it is.
Test what you have read about the flag of Department of Marne.
Flag image: Germenfer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.
