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Flag of the department of Meuse

White, with a 2:3 ratio, with the logo of the department of Meuse: a church tower, a river and the words “Le département Meuse”.

Flag of the department of Meuse
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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
20152015 · 11 years ago
Colours
  • white
  • blue
  • green
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
12

Take a closer look

  1. The white cloth

  2. 1

    The logo

  3. 2

    The church tower

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, white and plain, with the logo of the departmental council in the centre: a church tower drawn in blue lines over a river and, below it, two bands with the name of the department.

Field (the cloth)
white, with no divisions.
Logo
a church tower in blue line, over two curves that are the river.
Bands
one green and one blue, below the drawing.
Text
“LE DÉPARTEMENT” in white on green and “meuse” in white on blue.
Colours
white, 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 Meuse 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

Meuse 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 of the departmental council in the centre: a church tower drawn with blue lines over a river, with two colour bands 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.

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

  • Ground

    white, plain and with no divisions.

  • Logo

    the logo of the departmental council in the centre: a church tower drawn with blue lines over a river, with two colour bands below.

  • No coat of arms

    there are no arms, no crown and no crest.

Fun facts

  1. A logo entirely drawn with strokes

    The tower is not filled in: they are blue lines. The river is two curves. It is the only logo in the collection built solely from outline.

  2. The tower and the river, two different things

    The church tower and the river are in the same drawing but do not touch: the tower goes above and the river below, in two parallel curves.

  3. Two bands of colour below

    Below the drawing there are two bands, green and blue, with the name of the department. They are the only flat-colour element of the logo.

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Test what you have read about the flag of Department of Meuse.

  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Department of Meuse?

  2. 2. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

  3. 3. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

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

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Credits

Flag image: Germenfer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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