Flag of Department of Allier

The flag associated with Allier is a blue field sown with yellow fleurs-de-lis, with a wide red band crossing it diagonally.

How it came about

Allier is a department in central France. Its banner is that of the Bourbonnais, a royal dynasty, and it flies alongside the official flag of the department, which is a different one.

The flag is a field ‘sown’: a background covered with the same repeated figure. Here, fleurs-de-lis.

How it has changed

It has never changed. No approval date is recorded.

What it means

• Blue

  the colour of the field.

• Fleurs-de-lis

  yellow, equal and repeated all over the field, above and below the band.

• Red band

  wide, from the upper corner of the flagpole to the lower one of the fly side.

• No coat of arms

  there is no coat of arms or central figure.

Fun facts

1. A field sown with fleurs-de-lis

   The description says ‘semé’: that means a field covered with a repeated figure, like the dimons of armies. Here they are fleurs-de-lis, the emblem of the House of Bourbon, repeated without a break on the blue.

2. The red band crosses from corner to corner

   The band runs from the upper corner of the flagpole to the lower one of the fly side, diagonally. As it crosses the sown field, it divides the fleurs-de-lis into two halves without breaking the pattern.

3. Two flags, one official and one of its own

   Allier flies two banners: the official one of the department and the banner of the Bourbonnais. The second belongs to a royal dynasty, not to the territory, and that is why the two coexist.

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