The flag of Réunion is the flag of the department of Réunion. The region uses the flag of France, the national flag of the country. Although the decentralization of France installed a number of flags of the metropolitan regions, Réunion does not have a separate official flag. However, the Regional Council of Réunion does have a flag.
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| Tricolore | |
| Use | National flag, civil and state ensign |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 15 February 1794 |
| Design | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. |
| Lö Mahavéli | |
.svg) Unofficial flag used by several local authorities | |
| Use |  |
| Adopted | 2003 |
.png) Flag of the Regional Council of Réunion | |
Other flags
editLö Mahavéli
editThe Vexillological Association of Réunion selected a flag in 2003. It depicts the volcano of la Fournaise, bedecked by gold sunbeams. It was designed in 1974 by Guy Pignolet with help of Jean Finck and Didier Finck who called it Lö Mahavéli but it really started to be promoted once the association chose it in 2003.[1] It does not have official recognition but since 2014, it is flying outside or on top of many public buildings, like at the town halls of Saint-Denis and Saint-Philippe, after several city councils have taken the decision to do so.[2][3] The flag is included in many versions of emoji.[4]
Regional council flag
editThe Regional Council of Réunion uses a flag depicting a stylized representation of the island with the text "Region Reunion". Variants also exist which add the words "Valorisons nos atouts" (Let's value our strengths) in French and five coloured squares to represent equality and diversity.[5][6]
Independentist flag
editIndependentists and nationalists of Réunion also have their flag (green, yellow, red), created in 1986.[7] Green symbolizes the marronage, yellow symbolizes the working class and red symbolizes the period of slavery and indentured labour imposed by the French, struck by a yellow star with five points.
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Flag used by Réunion nationalists -
Proposed flag of Réunion by the Association for the Flag of Réunion (APDR) -
Lö Mahavéli -
Proposed flag of Réunion by the Mouvman Lantant Koudmin -
Flag of the Regional Council of Réunion -
Flag of Réunion regional council, the EU and France
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Background
editRéunion is an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and 175 kilometres (109 mi) southwest of Mauritius. It accounts for one of the regions of France. As of 2014, it had a population of 844,994. The island has been an overseas region of France since 1946.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Patriotisme et drapeaux". Reunionweb.org. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Lo Mavéli adopté à Saint-Philippe". Linfo.re. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Reunion (France): Flag proposals - FOTW". Flags of the World (FOTW). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "🇷🇪 Flag for Réunion Emoji". Emojipedia. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Lancement de la 1ere Task Force Transition Énergétique de La Commission européenne à La Réunion". 15 February 2018.
- ^ https://regionreunion.com/
- ^ "Drapeaux de la Reunion - -". www.iledelareunion.net. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Estimation de population par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge - Années 1975 à 2014".
External links
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