Flag of France facts for kids
Name | Tricolour |
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Use | National flag |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | June 1976 (Dark version first adopted on 15 February 1794) |
Design | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red |
Designed by | Lafayette, Jacques-Louis David |
Variant flag of France
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Use | National flag |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 5 March 1848 (First time adopted 15 February 1794) |
Design | As above, but with the dark shades |
Variant flag of France
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Use | National ensign |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 17 May 1853 (Previously the same as the national flag) Used in the darker shade |
Design | As above, but with bars in proportion 30:33:37. (See French ensigns.) |
The Flag of France is called the "Tricolour" (French: le drapeau tricolore). It was adopted 15 February 1794. It is blue, white and red. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing chose the current colors.
Images for kids
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The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was one of many world landmarks illuminated in the French flag colours after the November 2015 Paris attacks.
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The white flag of the monarchy transformed into the Tricolore as a result of the July Revolution. Painting by Léon Cogniet (1830)
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The French soldiers started to use white crosses, during the Hundred Years' War, to distinguish themselves from the English soldiers wearing red crosses.
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The pre-revolutionary regimental flags inspired the flag of Quebec (here, the Compagnies Franches de la Marine).
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Flag of the French protectorate of Rurutu in French Polynesia (1858–1889)
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Flag of Mobile, Alabama
See also
In Spanish: Bandera de Francia para niños