List of Breton flags explained

This is a list of flags that are used exclusively in Brittany. Other flags used in Brittany, as well as the rest of France can be found at list of French flags.

Regional flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1923		Nine horizontal stripes alternating black and white with an ermine canton (sable, four bars argent, a canton ermine).^[1]
	2005	Logo variant of the flag of Brittany	Logo on a white background.

City and town flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1905–1998, 2014–present	Flag of Dinard^[2]
	1998–2014
	1988–present	Flag of Dol-de-Bretagne^[3]
		Flag of La Forest-Landerneau^[4]
	1999–present

Traditional regions

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996–present		A white ram on a blue field.
	1996–present		A black lion rampant on an orange field.
	1996–present		A white-and-red quartered field with three black ermine spots in each of the white quarters.
			A simplified version of the flag without the ermine spots.
	2006–present		A black cross outlined in gold, with red fields in the first and fourth quarters, and white fields containing three black ermine spots each in the second and third quarters.
	1996–2006
	1998–present		A black cross overlaid with a red wyvern, on an orange field.
	1996–1998		A black cross on a yellow field, with a black alerion in each quarter.

Traditional districts

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Pays d'Ancenis^[5]
	1996–present
	2009–present
	1997–present

Landmarks

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag flown at the Château de Clisson^[6]	A pennant divided into two horizontal stripes of red and yellow.
			A banner of arms of the House of Rohan-Chabot.
		Flag flown at the Château de Tonquédec^[7]
		Flag flown at the Fort-la-Latte^[8]	A banner of arms of the House of Goyon de Matignon.

Political flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2005–present
	2001–present
	2013		A red field divided by a white saltire, with a red disk in the centre of the saltire and four white ermine spots sticking out of the disk, arranged like a compass rose.^[9]
	1971–1980
	1964–
	1931–1944
	1907
	1996–present
	1970s		A blue ermine spot in a white disk on a blue field.

Scouting flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1946-1962
	1943-?

Religious flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
			A black engrailed cross on an orange field, with a black alerion in each quarter.
		Flag of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller - Priory of Brittany

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	5th–11th Century	Red Dragon Banner
	13th–16th Century
	13th–14th Century	Breton Army flag and ensign
	14th–16th Century	Breton Army flag and ensign
	1532–1547
	1651–1740

See also

• List of flags of Pays de la Loire
• List of French flags

Notes

• Registered at the French Society of Vexillology.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brittany (Traditional province, France) .
2. Web site: Municipalité. Un nouveau drapeau . 18 September 2014 . Le Télégramme . 27 September 2024.
3. Web site: Dol-de-Bretagne. The Melen Ha Glaz flag and its symbols . 4 August 2020 . Maville . 27 September 2024.
4. Web site: Les élèves de Sainte-Anne ont rencontré le maire . 17 December 2019 . Le Télégramme . 26 October 2024.
5. Web site: Flags of the traditional countries of Brittany . Geobreizh.bzh . 18 September 2024.
6. Web site: Agence du Château . 23 September 2024.
7. Web site: Tonquédec (Municipality, Côtes-d'Armor, France): Flag of the castle of Tonquédec . Ivan Sache . 31 July 2016 . Flags of the World . 15 October 2022.
8. Web site: Drapeau . Château de La Roche Goyon / Fort La Latte . 25 September 2024.
9. Web site: Bonnets Rouges (Protest movement, Brittany, France) . Ivan Sache and Fabien Antoine . 13 April 2014 . Flags of the World . 18 October 2022.