Red and white, with the Sacred Heart of the Vendée in the centre: the flag of the departmental council, with the 1989 logo on a bicolour field.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio divided vertically in half: red by the hoist (the pole) and white towards the fly (the free edge), with the logo of the department right in the centre.
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 of Vendée is a field divided into two vertical halves: red by the hoist and white towards the fly, with the logo of the department in the centre. It carries no arms and no coat of arms.
Vendée 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.
No approval date is recorded. These are recent flags, tied to the institutional identity of the departmental councils.
Field
divided into two vertical halves: red by the hoist and white towards the fly.
Logo
the graphic identity of the departmental council.
No arms
there are no arms, crown or helm.
The two halves of colour are separated by a vertical line, and the double red heart of the logo sits right on top of it, covering part of that line.
The figure is a double red heart with a red cross above it and a white outline. It is a composite emblem, more figurative than the other logos.
All the other logos sit on a single-colour field. Vendée is the only one divided into two halves, with the logo centred on the join.
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Sources consulted:
Flag image: Cavelucas, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
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