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Flag of the department of Var

White, with the blue and yellow “Var” logo and the words “Le Département”: the institutional flag of the council, of 2015, from a department with no River Var.

Flag of the department of Var
Coat of arms

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
  • yellow
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.

Take a closer look

  • Field

  • Logo

  • Text

  • Colours

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

It is a white rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio, with the logo of the department centred on two lines: above, a box with the map and the word “Var”, and below it “Le Département”.

Field (the cloth)
white and plain, with no divisions.
Logo
a box with a blue border; on the left, the map of the department in yellow, and on the right “VAR” in blue.
Text
“Le Département”, with the “L”, the “D” and the final “T” larger and bolder.
Colours
white, blue and yellow.

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 Var 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

Var is a department of France. Its flag is not a coat of arms: it is a field carrying the graphic identity the institution uses as its brand.

How it has changed

No approval date is recorded. These are recent flags, tied to the institutional identity of the departmental councils.

What it means

  • Field

    white.

  • Logo

    the graphic identity of the departmental council.

  • No arms

    there are no arms, crown or helm.

Fun facts

  1. The only one with the map of the department

    The logo of Var includes the outline of the department in yellow inside a box. The flag says the name and also shows the shape of the territory.

  2. Map and name in the same box

    On the left of the box is the map and on the right “VAR” in blue. Name and territory occupy the same space, side by side.

  3. Blue, yellow and white

    The box has a blue border, the map is yellow and the name blue. It is one of the logos with the most different colours in the collection.

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

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  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 4.0.

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