Flag of Réunion

The flag of Réunion is the flag of the department of Réunion, France. The region uses the flag of France, the national flag of the country. Although the decentralization of France installed a number of flags of the metropolitan regions, Réunion does not have a separate official flag. However, the Regional Council of Réunion does have a flag.

Réunion
Flag of France
Tricolore
UseNational flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion2:3
Adopted15 February 1794
DesignA vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
Lö Mahavéli
Unofficial flag used by several local authorities
Adopted2003

Other flags

Lö Mahavéli

The Vexillological Association of Réunion selected a flag in 2003. It depicts the volcano of la Fournaise, bedecked by gold sunbeams. It was designed in 1974 by Guy Pignolet with help of Jean Finck and Didier Finck who called it Lö Mahavéli but it really started to be promoted once the association chose it in 2003.[1] It does not have official recognition but since 2014, it is flying outside or on top of many public buildings, like at the town halls of Saint-Denis and Saint-Philippe, after several city councils have taken the decision to do so.[2][3] The flag is included in many versions of emoji.[4]

Regional council flag

The Regional Council of Réunion uses a flag depicting a stylized representation of the island with the text "Region Reunion". Variants also exist which add the words and "Valorisons nos atouts" (Let's value our strengths) in French and five coloured squares to represent equality and diversity.[5][6]

Independentist flag

Independentists and nationalists of Réunion also have their flag (green, yellow, red) which was created in 1986.[7] Green symbolizes the marronage, yellow symbolizes the working class and red symbolizes the period of slavery and indentured labour, struck by a yellow star with five points.

  • Independist flag
    Independist flag
  • Former unofficial flag of Réunion
    Former unofficial flag of Réunion
  • Lö Mahavéli
    Lö Mahavéli
  • Flag of Réunion regional council, the EU and France
    Flag of Réunion regional council, the EU and France

Background

Réunion is an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and 175 kilometres (109 mi) southwest of Mauritius. It accounts for one of the regions of France. As of 2014, it had a population of 844,994. The island has been an overseas region of France since 1946.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Patriotisme et drapeaux". Reunionweb.org. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. "Lo Mavéli adopté à Saint-Philippe". Linfo.re. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. "Reunion (France): Flag proposals - FOTW". Flags of the World (FOTW). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. "🇷🇪 Flag for Réunion Emoji". Emojipedia. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. "Lancement de la 1ere Task Force Transition Énergétique de La Commission européenne à La Réunion". 15 February 2018.
  6. https://regionreunion.com/
  7. "Drapeaux de la Reunion - -". www.iledelareunion.net. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  8. "Estimation de population par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge - Années 1975 à 2014".

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