"The bleu-blanc-rouge Tricolore, which was adopted after the Revolution, is the official flag of France, but it is far from the only flag unfurled and waved in France. In fact, there are hundreds - historical, communal, and départemental; famous, and not-so famous; ancient and thoroughly modern. And all of them, to a flag, are officially unofficial at a national level. Regionally, locally, and sportingly, however, it's a very different sackful of banners."
"Brittany Once considered a separatist symbol, the (which means white and black, in regional Breton) flag of Brittany is now, apparently, the French version of the Kerry GAA shirt and to be incongruously found somewhere in any photograph of a crowd - especially at protests or demos, the Bretons are a feisty bunch. Image: CC0 1.0 Universal / Gryffindor You might think it's hundreds of years old such is the fervour that surrounds it."
"But it was designed in 1923, and is modelled on USA's stars and stripes, a country that designer Morvan Marchal believed represented 'freedom'. The five black stripes represent the French-speaking dioceses of Dol, Nantes, Rennes, Saint-Malo and Saint-Brieuc; the four white stripes represent the Breton-speaking dioceses of Trégor, Léon, Cornouaille and Vannes. The ermine spots (known as canton) recall the historic arms of the Duchy of Brittany. Today, you'll usually see 11 spots on a ubiquitous Breton flag - but Marchal didn't specify a figure,"
The French national Tricolore is the official flag while hundreds of other flags—historical, communal and départemental—are widely present across France. Those flags are unofficial at the national level but highly visible regionally, locally and in sporting contexts. The Breton flag, designed in 1923 by Morvan Marchal and modelled on the US stars and stripes, uses five black stripes for French-speaking dioceses and four white stripes for Breton-speaking dioceses and features ermine spots recalling the Duchy of Brittany. The Breton flag is commonly displayed at crowds and protests. The Corsican flag carries a beheading legend and was adopted by Pasquale Paoli in 1755.
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