flag of Réunion
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{{Infobox flag
|Name = Réunion
|Article =
|Nickname = Tricolore
|Image = Flag_of_France.svg
|Image_size = 200px
|Imagetext= Flag of France
| Use = 111110
| Symbol =
| Proportion = 2:3
| Adoption = 15 February 1794 |
|Design = A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
|Image2 =Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg
|Imagetext2= Unofficial flag used by several local authorities
|Nickname2 = Lö Mahavéli
|Use2 = {{FIAV|noflag}}
|Adoption2 = 2003
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|Image3 = Flag of Réunion (regional).png
|Imagetext3= Flag of the Regional Council of Réunion
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The flag of Réunion is the flag of the department of Réunion. 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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://reunionweb.org/articles/2001/09/Patriotisme-et-drapeaux |title=Patriotisme et drapeaux |publisher=Reunionweb.org |access-date=2015-06-05}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.linfo.re/la-reunion/politique/644500-lo-maveli-adopte-a-saint-philippe|title=Lo Mavéli adopté à Saint-Philippe|work=Linfo.re|date=27 May 2014|access-date=5 June 2015}}{{Cite web|title=Reunion (France): Flag proposals - FOTW|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/re!.html|date=Aug 12, 2020|website=Flags of the World (FOTW)|access-date=May 19, 2020}} The flag is included in many versions of emoji.{{Cite web |title=🇷🇪 Flag for Réunion Emoji |url=https://emojipedia.org/flag-reunion/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Emojipedia |language=en}}
=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 "Valorisons nos atouts" (Let's value our strengths) in French and five coloured squares to represent equality and diversity.{{cite news|url=https://www.regionreunion.com/actualite/toute-l-actualite/article/lancement-de-la-1ere-task-force-transition-energetique-de-la-commission-europeenne-a-la-reunion|title=Lancement de la 1ere Task Force Transition Énergétique de La Commission européenne à La Réunion|date=15 February 2018}}{{Cite web | title=Conseil Regional | url=https://regionreunion.com/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001204201000/http://www.regionreunion.com:80/ | access-date=2025-02-22 | archive-date=2000-12-04}}
=Independentist flag=
Independentists and nationalists of Réunion also have their flag (green, yellow, red), created in 1986.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iledelareunion.net/drapeaux-de-la-reunion.htm|title=Drapeaux de la Reunion - -|website=www.iledelareunion.net|access-date=2016-10-26|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922080353/https://www.iledelareunion.net/drapeaux-de-la-reunion.htm|url-status=dead}} Green symbolizes the marronage, yellow symbolizes the working class and red symbolizes the period of slavery and indentured labour imposed by the French, struck by a yellow star with five points.
File:Proposed flag of Réunion (Nationalist movement).svg|Flag used by Réunion nationalists
File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg|Lö Mahavéli
File:Unofficial flag of Reunion (MLK).svg|Proposed flag of Réunion by the Mouvman Lantant Koudmin
File:Flag of Réunion (regional).png|Flag of the Regional Council of Réunion
File:CR-Reunion-Drapeau.jpg|Flag of Réunion regional council, the EU and France
File:Proposed flag of Réunion (ARF).svg|Proposed flag of Réunion by the Association for the Réunion Flag (APDR)
See also
References
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- [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/re!.html Article at Flags of the World]
External links
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