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    • The Vichy régime, which dropped the word "republic" in favour of "the French state", maintained the use of the tricolore, but Philippe Pétain used as his personal standard a version of the flag with, in the white stripe, an axe made with a star-studded marshal's baton. See more

    Overview

    The national flag of France (drapeau national de la France) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (
    Before … See more

    Design

    Article 2 of the French constitution of 1958 states that "the national emblem is the tricolour flag, blue, white, red". No law has specified the shades of these official colours. In English blazon, the flag is described a… See more

    Symbolism

    Blue and red are the traditional colours of Paris, used on the city's coat of arms. Blue is identified with Saint Martin, red with Saint Denis. At the storming of the Bastille in 1789, the Paris militia wore blue and red cockades o… See more

    History

    During the early Middle Ages, the oriflamme, the flag of Saint Denis, was used—red, with two, three, or five spikes. Originally, it was the royal banner under the Capetians. It was stored in Saint-Denis abbey, where it was taken … See more

    Colonial flags

    Most French colonies either used the regular tricolour or a regional flag without the French flag. There were some exceptions:
    • Flag of Tonkin (French protectorate) and Annam… See more

    Other

    Many provinces and territories in Canada have French-speaking communities with flags represents:
    • The Acadian flag used in Canada is based on the tricolour flag of France, but this flag was never … See more

    Gallery

    • French regimental flag, Paris, autochrome dated 1917
    • Flag of France, color photography dated 1930
    • Multiple French flags as commonly flown from public buildings … See more

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