This is a list of flags used exclusively in Brittany. For flags used in France, see List of French flags.

This is a list of flags that are used exclusively in the traditional cultural region of Brittany, including the modern administrative region of the same name as well as the Loire-Atlantique department. Other flags used in Brittany, as well as the rest of France can be found at list of French flags.

Regional flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1923Flag of BrittanyNine horizontal stripes alternating black and white with an ermine canton (sable, four bars argent, a canton ermine).[1]
2005Logo variant of the flag of BrittanyLogo on a white background.

City and town flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Bégard
Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer
Flag of Binic
Flag of Bréhand



Flag of Brest
Flag of Châteaugiron
Flag of Châteauneuf-du-Faou
Flag of Combourg
Flag of Concarneau
Flag of Dinan
1905–1998, 2014–presentFlag of Dinard[2]
1998–2014
1988–presentFlag of Dol-de-Bretagne[3]
Flag of Donges
Flag of Étables-sur-Mer
Flag of Évran
Flag of Fouesnant
Flag of Fougères
Flag of Guérande
Flag of Guerlesquin
Flag of Guingamp
Flag of Hillion
Flag of Hœdic
Flag of Huelgoat
Flag of Île de Batz
Flag of Île de Sein
2025–presentFlag of Indre[4]
2002–presentFlag of Kerlouan
Flag of La Forest-Landerneau[5]
Flag of Landerneau
Flag of Landivisiau
Flag of Lannion
1999–presentFlag of Le Juch
Flag of Lorient
Flag of Merdrignac
Flag of Mordelles
Flag of Mûr-de-Bretagne
Flag of Nantes
Flag of Nort-sur-Erdre
Flag of Paimpol
Flag of Plancoët
Flag of Plédran
Flag of Plérin
Flag of Plomelin
Flag of Pont-l'Abbé
Flag of Pontrieux
Flag of Port-Louis
Flag of Pouldergat
Flag of Redon
Flag of Rennes
Flag of Rezé
Flag of Rostrenen
Flag of Saint-Brieuc
Flag of Saint-Malo
Flag of Saint-Nazaire
Flag of Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Flag of Saint-Quay-Portrieux
Flag of Tréveneuc
Flag of Ushant
Flag of Vannes
Flag of Yffiniac

Traditional regions

FlagDateUseDescription
1996–presentFlag of CornouailleA white ram on a blue field.
1996–presentFlag of LéonA black lion rampant on an orange field.
1996–presentFlag of Pays de DolA 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.

Flag of Pays Nantais

Flag of Pays Rennais
Flag of Pays de Saint-Brieuc
2006–presentFlag of Pays de Saint-MaloA 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–presentFlag of TrégorA black cross overlaid with a red wyvern, on an orange field.
1996–1998A black cross on a yellow field, with a black alerion in each quarter.

Flag of Vannetais

Traditional districts

FlagDateUseDescription

Flag of Pays d'Ancenis[6]
Flag of Pays de l'Aven[6]
Flag of Pays de Baud[6]
Flag of Belle-Île-en-Mer[6]
Flag of Pays Bidar[6]
1996–presentFlag of Pays Bigouden[6]
Flag of Pays de Calanhel[6]
Flag of Cap Sizun[6]
Flag of Chtou[6]
Flag of Clos Poulet[6]
Flag of Clos Ratel[6]
Flag of Coglais[6]
Flag of Dardoup[6]
Flag of Pays Fañch[6]
Flag of Fisel[6]
Flag of Pays Fouesnantais[6]
Flag of Pays Glazik[6]
2009–presentFlag of Goëlo[6]

Flag of Pays de Guérande[6]
Flag of Pays Guerchais[6]
Flag of Kernevodez[6]
Flag of Kost ar C'hoed[6]
Flag of Bas-Léon[6]
Flag of Haut-Léon[6]
Flag of Pays de Lorient[6]
Flag of Pays de Loudéac[6]
Flag of Pays de la Mée[6]
Flag of Pays Mitaud[6]
Flag of Pays Pagan[6]
Flag of Penn Sardin[6]
Flag of Penthièvre[6]
Flag of Plinn[6]
Flag of Plougastel[6]
1997–presentFlag of Poher[6]
Flag of Pays de Pontivy[6]
Flag of Porhoët[6]
Flag of Poudouvre[6]
Flag of Pays Pourlet[6]
Flag of Presqu'île de Crozon[6]
Flag of Presqu'île de Rhuys[6]
Flag of Pays de Redon[6]
Flag of Pays de Retz[6]
Flag of Pays Rouzig[6]
Flag of Vannetais Oriental[6]
Flag of Vendelais[6]
Flag of Vignoble Nantais[6]

Landforms

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Brière[6]

Landmarks

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag flown at the Château de Clisson[7]A pennant divided into two horizontal stripes of red and yellow.
Flag flown at the Château de JosselinA banner of arms of the House of Rohan-Chabot.
Flag flown at the Château de Tonquédec[8]
Flag flown at the Fort-la-Latte[9]A banner of arms of the House of Goyon de Matignon.

Political flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2005–presentFlag of Ai'ta!
2001–presentFlag of Adsav
2013Flag of the Bonnets RougesA 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.[10]
Flag of the Breton Association of the Pays de Fougères
1971–1980Flag of the Breton Communist Party
1964–Flag of the Breton Democratic Union
1931–1944Flag of the Breton National Party
1907Flag of the Breton Regionalist Union
1996–presentFlag of the Breton Vexillological Society
1970sFlag of Strollad ar VroA blue ermine spot in a white disk on a blue field.

Association flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2007–presentFlag of Association of Breton Nobility

Scouting flags

FlagDateUseDescription

1946-1962Flag of Bleimor
1943-?Flag of Urz Goanag Breiz

Religious flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Saint IvoA 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

FlagDateUseDescription
5th–11th CenturyRed Dragon Banner
13th–16th CenturyKroaz Du
13th–14th CenturyBreton Army flag and ensign
14th–16th CenturyBreton Army flag and ensign
1532–1547Flag of the Duchy of Brittany
1651–1740Flag of the Brittany Regiment

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Brittany (Traditional province, France)"
  2. ^ "Municipalité. Un nouveau drapeau". Le Télégramme. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Dol-de-Bretagne. The Melen Ha Glaz flag and its symbols". Maville. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  4. ^ Christopher Eby (2 December 2024). "France's Indre Chooses New Flag Following Public Vote". The Flag Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Les élèves de Sainte-Anne ont rencontré le maire". Le Télégramme. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Flags of the traditional countries of Brittany". Geobreizh.bzh. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Agence du Château". Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  8. ^ Ivan Sache (31 July 2016). "Tonquédec (Municipality, Côtes-d'Armor, France): Flag of the castle of Tonquédec". Flags of the World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Drapeau". Château de La Roche Goyon / Fort La Latte. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  10. ^ Ivan Sache and Fabien Antoine (13 April 2014). "Bonnets Rouges (Protest movement, Brittany, France)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 18 October 2022.