Réunion

Réunion (French: La Réunion) is an island and overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, about 200 km southwest of Mauritius. Like the other DOMs, Réunion is also one of the 26 régions of France with much the same status as those situated on the European mainland.

A flag for Réunion?

Although the federal period installed a number of flags of metropolitan France, Réunion does not have its own official flag.

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This flag was selected by the French association of vexillologists in 2003. It depicts the volcano of Fournaise, bedecked by gold sunbeams. It symbolises the appearance of populations who converged on the island at the turn of the century.

Related Topics:
Vexillologists - 2003 - Volcano - Fournaise

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