The proposed flag of Ariège (France) shows the three red pales of the counts of Foix on gold, with a small blue shield and a bell.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
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It is an armorial banner with a 2:3 ratio: a golden ground with three vertical red pales and a small blue shield over them, in the centre of the field.
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 associated with Ariège is an armorial banner: a golden ground with three vertical red pales and a small blue shield in the centre.
Ariège is a department in southern France, on the border with Spain. Its flag is the coat of arms of the department drawn over the whole field, not a coat of arms placed on top.
The small blue shield bears inside a silver bell and covers the three pales.
It has never changed. No approval date is recorded.
Gold
the background of the field.
Three red pales
vertical, spread equally.
Small shield
blue and centred, with a silver bell inside. It covers the three pales.
No borders
no stripe or band around it.
The small blue shield is placed exactly in the middle and hides the three red pales. It is the only overlap in the design.
The pales are the ground of the coat of arms. What identifies the department is the silver bell of the small blue shield.
Ariège borders both. Its banner does not mention it: it is a French departmental coat of arms, with nothing from the other side.
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Flag image: Spedona, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
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