List of French flags
This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by France, French Overseas Collectivites, Sui Generis Collectivity and French Overseas Territory.
National flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
1790–1794 | National flag at the end of the Kingdom of France and the beginning of the French First Republic | A vertical tricolour of red, white and blue | |
1794–1814 | National flag of the First Republic and in the First French Empire. First adopted on 15 February 1794 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. | |
1814–1815 | National flag of the Kingdom of France during the Bourbon Restoration | Pure white flag. | |
1815 | National flag of the French Empire in its short lived restoration during the Hundred Days | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. | |
1815–1830 | National flag after the resumption of the Bourbon Restoration Kingdom of France | Pure white flag. | |
1830–1848 | National flag of the Kingdom of France after the July Revolution | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. | |
1848 | National flag of the French Second Republic very briefly used between 24 February and 5 March | A vertical tricolour of blue, red, and white. | |
1848–present | National flag of the French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic, French State, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic and France today | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. | |
1976–present | The adoption of an alternative brighter version of the flag | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. |
Ensigns
Standards
Military flags
Regional and territorial flags
Historical flags
Royal banners and ensigns
Standards
French colonial empire and overseas territories
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 | ||
1848–1910 | Merchant ensign of French Algeria | ||
1918–1960 | Flag of French Cameroons | ||
1882–1910 | Flag of French Congo | ||
1910–1958 | Flag of French Equatorial Africa | ||
1920–1943 | Flag of the State of Greater Lebanon during the French mandate | ||
1663–1763 | Flag of New France | ||
1625–1794 | Flag of Saint-Domingue | ||
1794–1803 | Flag of Saint-Domingue |