Flag of Department of Hauts-de-Seine

The flag of Hauts-de-Seine brings together the waves of the river, a fleur-de-lis and a galley: the arms of a department created in 1968 when the Paris area was reorganised.

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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.
Colours: Red
White
Blue
Yellow
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.

Take a closer look

The divided cloth
1
The wavy chief
2
The fleur-de-lis
3
The galley

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, divided into two vertical halves, with a wavy upper stripe in white and blue.

Upper stripe: wavy, like waves, in white and blue.
Left half: blue, with a golden fleur-de-lis in the centre.
Right half: red, with a white ship under sail.
No coat of arms: there is no shield drawn with its shape, only these pieces.

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 Hauts-de-Seine is a field divided into two vertical halves, with a wavy upper stripe in white and blue, a golden fleur-de-lis on one side and a galley on the other. They are the arms of a department created in 1968 when the Paris area was reorganised.

How it came about

Hauts-de-Seine was created in 1968, with the reform that reorganised the Paris area. Its arms bring together three references: the river Seine, the fleur-de-lis of the French crown and a galley, the warship that appears in the enlarged coats of arms of the region.

How it has changed

No earlier versions are documented.

What it means

Upper stripe
wavy, in white and blue, like waves.
Half by the flagpole
blue, with a golden fleur-de-lis.
Half of the fly side
the galley.
Two vertical halves
the field is divided in half from top to bottom.

Fun facts

A department born from an administrative reform
Hauts-de-Seine is not a historic territory: it is the result of the rearrangement of the Paris area in 1968. Its flag depicts three symbols —river, crown and ship— that summarise exactly that origin: a new department drawn over a river, a crown and a region.
The galley, the ship of the enlarged coats of arms
The galley is the warship that much French heraldry incorporates as a sign of power and naval history. It appears in the coats of arms of the region.
The wavy stripe is the river
The white and blue stripe at the top is not decorative: it is the Seine. The wavy cut is the standard heraldic device for representing water. It is the same device used by other flags with rivers, always adapted to the colour of the water.