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Flag of Department of Côtes-d'Armor

Blue, white and green: a flag with no coat of arms or letters, with the coast and a seagull drawn with a white line. It has been the flag of Côtes-d'Armor since 1985.

Flag of Department of Côtes-d'Armor
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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
19851985 · 41 years ago
Colours
  • blue
  • green
  • white
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
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Take a closer look

  1. The two bands

  2. 1

    The blue band

  3. 2

    The green band

  4. 3

    The wavy line

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

It is a rectangular field —the field is the cloth of the flag —with a 2:3 ratio, divided horizontally: the upper half is blue and the lower one green, separated by a wavy white line.

Stripes (a stripe is a band of colour)
two, of the same thickness; blue on top and green below.
White line
a wavy line that acts as the border between the two colours; in its drawing a seagull can be made out.
No coat of arms
it carries no coat of arms, no canton (the rectangle of the upper corner by the flagpole, the pole) and no text.

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 associated with Côtes-du-Nord is a field divided horizontally: blue on top, green below, with a wavy white line in between.

How it came about

Côtes-du-Nord is a department on the north coast of France, in Brittany.

In the drawing of the white line a seagull can be made out. It is the only figurative detail on the whole flag.

How it has changed

It has never changed. No approval date is recorded.

What it means

  • Blue stripe

    the upper half.

  • Green stripe

    the lower half.

  • White line

    wavy, it separates the two colours. In its drawing a seagull can be made out.

Fun facts

  1. Two colours from the Breton flag

    Blue and green are the colours of the Breton flag. The departmental one does not use the ermine, but it inherits the palette.

  2. A seagull in the line

    The wavy line hides a seagull. It is on the line of separation, not on a field.

  3. The sea makes the border

    The line does two jobs: it separates the colours and it represents the sea of the north coast.

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  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Department of Côtes-d'Armor?

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

  3. 3. 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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