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France (La France). Three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and red; known as the "Le drapeau tricolore" (French Tricolor).
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France (La France)
Three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and red; known as the "Le drapeau tricolore" (French Tricolor). The origin of the flag dates to 1790 and the French Revolution when the "ancient French color" of white was combined with the blue and red colors of the Parisian militia. The official flag for all French dependent areas The French Flag:
France(La France) Continent: Europe Capital: Paris Size: < Texas Divisions: 26 divisions National Holiday: July 14th 1789 Government: Republic
France(La France) Voting Age: 18 Driving Age: 18 Population: 64, 057, 792 (as of July 2009) Languages: French & Creole Ethnic Groups: Celtic, Latin, Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque Religions: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism, Islam
Overseas Departments of France: Islands: • Corsica (in the Mediterranean) • Martinique (in the Atlantic Ocean) • Guadeloupe • St. Pierre & Miquelon • Reunion (in the Indian Ocean) • Mayotte • Maurice • Clipperton Island (in the Pacific Ocean) • French Polynesia • New Caledonia • Wallis & Futuna South America: • French Guiana
French Southern & Antarctic Lands In February 2007, the Iles Eparses became an integral part of the French Southern & Antarctic Lands (TAAF). The Southern Lands are now divided into five administrative districts, two of which are archipelagos, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen; the third is a district composed of two volcanic islands, Ile Saint-Paul and Ile Amsterdam; the fourth, Iles Eparses, consists of five scattered tropical islands around Madagascar. They con- tain no permanent inhabitants and are visited only by researchers studying the native fauna, scientists at the various scientific stations, fishermen, and military personnel. The fifth district is the Antarctic portion, which consists of "Adelie Land," a thin slice of the Antarctic continent discovered and claimed by the French in 1840.
French Southern & Antarctic Lands • Île Amsterdam: Discovered but not named in 1522 by the Spanish, the island subsequently received the appellation of Nieuw Amsterdam from a Dutchman; it was claimed by France in 1843. A short-lived attempt at cattle farming began in 1871. A French meteorological station established on the island in 1949 is still in use. • Ile Saint Paul: Claimed by France since 1893, the island was a fishing industry center from 1843 to 1914. In 1928, a spiny lobster cannery was established, but when the company went bankrupt in 1931, seven workers were abandoned. Only two survived until 1934 when rescue finally arrived. • Iles Crozet: A large archipelago formed from the Crozet Plateau, Iles Crozet is divided into two main groups: L'Occidental (the West), which includes Ile aux Cochons, Ilots des Apotres, Ile des Pingouins, and the reefs Brisants de l'Heroine; and L'Oriental (the east), which includes Ile d'Est and Ile de la Possession (the largest island of the Crozets). Discovered and claimed by France in 1772, the islands were used for seal hunting and as a base for whaling. Originally administered as a dependency of Madagascar, they became part of the TAAF in 1955. • Iles Kerguelen: This island group, discovered in 1772, is made up of one large island (Ile Kerguelen) and about 300 smaller islands. A permanent group of 50 to 100 scientists resides at the main base at Port-aux-Francais.
French Southern & Antarctic Lands • Adelie Land: The only non-insular district of the TAAF is the Antarctic claim known as "Adelie Land." The US Government does not recognize it as a French dependency. • Bassas da India: A French possession since 1897, this atoll is a volcanic rock surrounded by reefs and is awash at high tide. • Europa Island: This heavily wooded island has been a French possession since 1897; it is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station. • Glorioso Islands: A French possession since 1892, the Glorioso Islands are composed of two lushly vegetated coral islands (Ile Glorieuse and Ile du Lys) and three rock islets. A military garrison operates a weather and radio station on Ile Glorieuse. • Juan de Nova Island: Named after a famous 15th century Spanish navigator and explorer, the island has been a French possession since 1897. It has been exploited for its guano and phosphate. Presently a small military garrison oversees a meteorological station. • Tromelin Island: First explored by the French in 1776, the island came under the jurisdiction of Reunion in 1814. At present, it serves as a sea turtle sanctuary and is the site of an important meteorological station.
Corsica (la Corse) The flag of Corsica was adopted by General of the NationPasquale di Paoli in 1755 and was based on a traditional flag used previously. It portrays a Moor's Head in black wearing a white bandana above his eyes on a white background. Previously, the bandana covered his eyes; Paoli wanted the bandana moved to above the eyes to symbolize the liberation of the Corsican people.
Martinique • The Flag of Martiniquehas no official status on the island. • It is a historical flag dating from an edict issued 4 August 1766, specifying that vessels of the French Colony of Martinique and Saint Lucia should fly a version of the French ensign. • At the time, the French ensign was a white cross on a blue field, with L-shaped (for Lucia) snakes in each quarter of the cross. • The snakes are fer-de-lance vipers (Bothrops lanceolatus, French trigonocéphale); they are native to Martinique.
Guadeloupe • The official flag of Guadeloupe is the French tricolor. • The regional flag is a white field on which is placed a logo showing a stylized sun and bird on a green and blue square. • The People’s Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe has proposed a national flag very similar to that of Suriname. • The unofficial flag of Guadeloupe:
Clipperton Island This isolated island was named for John Clipperton, a pirate who made it his hideout early in the 18th century. Annexed by France in 1855, it was seized by Mexico in 1897. Arbitration eventually awarded the island to France, which took possession in 1935. The French flag is flown here.
The local flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is blue with a yellow ship, said to be the Grande Hermine, which brought Jacques Cartier to the island on 15 June 1535. • Three square fields placed along the hoist recall the origin of most inhabitants of the islands, from top to bottom, Basques, Breton and Normans. • On the image to the left, the main field of the flag is light blue, the waves are discontinuous and white, and the upper wave (surface of the sea) is black, with another white wave just below it.
The official flag of French Guiana (previous slide) is a white field on which is placed a logo showing a yellow five-pointed star in a patch of blue, over an orange figure in a yellow boat on a patch of green, over two wavy orange lines. Above the logo is inscribed GUYANE, and LA RÉGION below. On 29 January 2010, the General Council (departmental council) unilaterally adopted a flag of French Guiana (pictured to the left), but it has not been recognized by the regional council. Green represents the forests, yellow represents gold and other minerals of the region, while the red star represents socialism. The second flag listed here is the Coat of Arms. The number 1643 stands for the French colonial period that began during the 17th century. The French presence in South America was solidified after the Treaty of Paris in 1763, when the territory became a French penal colony. In 1946, French Guiana became an official overseas department of France. French Guiana
Mayotte Mayotte was ceded to France along with the other islands of the Comoros group in 1843. It was the only island in the archipelago that voted in 1974 to retain its link with France and forego independence. In March 2009, Mayotte voted overwhelmingly to become France's 101st department - and fifth overseas depart- ment - a change scheduled to become official in 2011.
The unofficial, local flag with the coat of arms of Mayotte centered on a white field, above which the name of the island appears in red capital letters. The main elements of the coat of arms are a blue upper half with white upturned crescent moon and a red lower half with two yellow ylang-ylang flowers, supported on either side by a white seahorse, and set above a scroll with the motto RA HACHIRI (We are Vigilant). NOTE: the flag of France used for official occasions. The Flag of Mayotte
The island of Réunion has been a French colony since 1642. It is administered from Port Louis on Mauritius, and its population (some 827,000) is counted as part of the population of France. Creoles, Malagasy, Africans, Chinese, Indians, and Europeans live there. They speak French, Creole, and their own native languages. The religions represented are Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Reunion (La Réunion)
The flag representing Réunion as an overseas department (département d’outre-mer) of France: • The flag suggested by the Vexillogical Association of Réunion in 2003. (Vexillology is the scholarly study of flags.) • The flag suggested by the nationalist movement (they want to be independent of France) on Réunion : • There is one more flag for the island, and it is the one I want you to remember: Reunion (La Réunion)
This flag was suggested by the Association pour le Drapeau de la Réunion in 1998: • Their aim is to promote the use of Reunion flag among the islanders mainly. Beside the French colours: - the blue colour symbolises the islanders of European origin, the Christian religion and the sea; • the golden yellow colour represents the islanders of Indian origin, Hinduism and the sun; • - the red colour indicates the islanders of Chinese origin, their traditions and the volcano; • - the green colour symbolises the islanders of African origin, Islam and nature. • All the islanders are living here in harmony, peace and tolerance symbolized by the white circle.
French Polynesia • The island groups that make up French Polynesia were not officially united until the establishment of the French protectorate in 1889. • The most famous of these islands are Tahiti, Bora Bora, and the Society Islands
Two red horizontal bands encase a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio. Centered on the white band is a disk with a blue and white wave pattern depicting the sea on the lower half and a gold and white ray pattern depicting the sun on the upper half. A stylized red, blue, and white ship rides on the wave pattern. The ship has a crew of five represented by five stars that symbolize the five island groups. Red and white are traditional Polynesian colors NOTE: similar to the red-white-red flag of Tahiti, the largest of the islands in French Polynesia, which has no emblem in the white band; the flag of France is used for official occasions French Polynesia
New Caledonia • First discovered by British explorer James Cook in 1774. • New Caledonia was made a French possession in late 1853, a part of an attempt by Napoleon III to rival the British colonies in Australia and New Zealand. • The indigenous Kanak populations declined drastically in that same period due to introduced diseases and an apartheid-like system called Code de l'Indigénat which imposed severe restrictions on their livelihood, freedom of movement and land ownership. • Since 1986 the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. New Caledonia is set to decide whether to remain within the French Republic as an autonomous overseas collectivity or become an independent state in a referendum to be held between 2014 and 2019.
Blue: the clans of the sea. Green: the clans of the mountain. Red: the alliances uniting the clans, the ancestors' blood, the fight for independence. The sun: equality, life. The rooftop spear: the symbol of the ancestors and the Kanak sovereignty over their land. New Caledonia
The Futuna island group was discovered by the Dutch in 1616 and Wallis by the British in 1767, but it was the French who declared a protectorate over the islands in 1842. In 1959, the inhabitants of the islands voted to become a French overseas territory. Wallis & Futuna
The unofficial, local flag has a red field with four white isosceles triangles in the middle, representing the three native kings of the islands and the French administrator. The apexes of the triangles are oriented inward and at right angles to each other. The flag of France, outlined in white on two sides, is in the upper hoist quadrant Note: the design is derived from an original red banner with a white cross pattee that was introduced in the 19th century by French missionaries; the flag of France used for official occasions. The Flag of Wallis & Futuna
