Flag of France
The Flag of France is called the "Tricolour" (French: [le drapeau tricolore] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)). It was adopted 15 February 1794. It is blue, white and red. 1976 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing chose the light colors.
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| Name | Tricolour |
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| Use | National flag |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 5 March 1848 (First time adopted 15 February 1794) |
| Design | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red |
| Designed by | Lafayette, Jacques-Louis David |
.svg) Variant flag of France | |
| Use | National flag |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | June 1976[1] (Dark version first adopted on 15 February 1794) |
| Design | As above, but with the light shades |
 Variant flag of France | |
| Use | National ensign |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 17 May 1853 (Previously the same as the national flag) Used in the darker shade[2] |
| Design | As above, but with bars in proportion 30:33:37. (See French ensigns.) |
History
There were a lot of flags in the history of France.
Flag of France in the 12th century
Flag of France until the 14th century
Royal Flag of France (Bourbon Dynasty)
Flag of the King of France
Flag of France from 1790 until 1794
Flag of France during the Napoleonic Wars
Flag of France from 1815 to 1848
Flag of France in 1848
Flag of Vichy France
Flag of Free France
Current Flag of France (Used in the darker shade)
Current Flag of France (Used in the light shade)
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Flag Of France Media
A comparison of the lighter and darker versions of the flag
Flag used as a photographic backdrop
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was one of many world landmarks illuminated in the French flag colours after the November 2015 Paris attacks.
The national flag of France at the Arc de Triomphe
The white flag of the monarchy transformed into the Tricolore as a result of the July Revolution. Scenes of July 1830, painting by Léon Cogniet (1830)
Lamartine, before the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, rejects the Red Flag, 25 February 1848. By Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux
The Oriflamme, the banner of the Capetians
The Royal Banner of France or "Bourbon Flag". The House of Bourbon ruled France from 1589 to 1792 and again from 1815 to 1848.
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References
- ↑ "Drapeau Français". promo-drapeaux.fr. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ↑ "Drapeau Français". promo-drapeaux.fr. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
