List of French flags

The Tricolore, the national flag of France.

This is a list of flags that have either been in use, or are used by, France and related territories.

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	15 February 1794 – 1815 and 1830–present	National flag	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
	17 May 1853	Civil flag and Naval flag	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red, but with bars in proportion 30:33:37

Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1880–Present	Presidential and Prime Minister standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1).
100x100px	1880–Present	Presidential standard (variant)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
		Flag of the Minister of Overseas France	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) on a blue ensign.
	1880–Present	Flag of the Governor Colony	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red on swallow tail blue ensign. (proportions 1:2).

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Minister of Defence	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with a golden emblem.
100x100px		Pennant
		Flag of the Chief of the Defence Staff
		Flag of the Chief of the Defence Staff
		Flag of the Admiral of the French Navy
		Flag of the Vice-Admiral D'escadre of the French Navy
		Flag of the Vice-Admiral of the French Navy
		Flag of the Contre-Admiral of the French Navy
		Flag of the Capitaine de Vaisseau of the French Navy (Division)
		Flag of the Capitaine de Vaisseau of the French Navy (Unit)
		Flag of the Harbour Commanding Officer
		Flag of the Senior Merchant Navy Officer

Regional and territorial flags

Main article: Flags of the regions of France

Historical flags

National flags and ensigns

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	12th century-13th century	Flag of the Kingdom of France
	14th century-16th century	Flag of the Kingdom of France
	1124-1356	Oriflamme
100x100px	1124-1356	Oriflamme (variant)
	1365-1794	Flag of the Kingdom of France
	1365-1792, 1815-1830	Flag of the Kingdom of France & the Bourbon Restoration
	1365-1792	Merchant flag
	1789-1799	Flag of royalists during the revolution
	July 14, 1790-1990s	Merchant flag
100x100px	January 21, 1793-1990s	Merchant flag
100x100px	May 7, 1794-1990s	Merchant flag

Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1365-1792	Royal standard
	1804-1815	Imperial standard
	1870-1873	Imperial standard
	1873-1879	Imperial standard
100x100px	1888-1894	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "C".
	1899-1906	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "EL".
100x100px	1906-1913	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "AF".
100x100px	1913-1920	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "RP".
100x100px	1920	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "PD".
100x100px	1924-1931	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "GD".
100x100px	1931-1932	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "PD".
100x100px	1932-1940	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "AL".
100x100px	1932-1940	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the axe and 7 golden stars.
	1932-1940	Presidential standard (variant)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with the axe and 7 golden stars.
100x100px	1947-1954	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "VA".
100x100px	1954-1959	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "PC".
100x100px	1959-1969	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "CG" and the red Cross of Lorraine.
100x100px	1959-1969	Presidential standard (variant)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with the red Cross of Lorraine.
100x100px	1969-1974	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "GP".
100x100px	1969-1974	Presidential standard (variant)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with the golden "GP".
100x100px	1974	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "AP".
100x100px	1974	Presidential standard (variant)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with the golden "AP".
100x100px	1981	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "FM".
100x100px	1981	Presidential standard (variant)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with the golden "FM".
100x100px	1982-1995	Presidential standard	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden oak tree.
100x100px	1982-1995	Presidential standard (variant)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden oak tree.

French colonial empire and overseas territories

Main article: French colonial flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1920-1924	Flag of Aleppo
	1920-1938	Flag of the Alawite State
	1874-1949	Flag of Annam
	1867-1941, 1945-1953	Flag of Cambodia
	1663-1763	Flag of Canada
	1862-1949	Flag of Cochinchina
	1830-1962	Flag of French Algeria
	1918–1960	Flag of French Cameroons
	1882-1910	Flag of French Congo
	1910-1958	Flag of French Equatorial Africa
	1898-1946	Flag of Guangzhouwan
	1663-1763	Flag of New France
	1625-1794	Flag of Saint-Domingue
	1794-1803	Flag of Saint-Domingue