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France in 1789: the Provinces and their Flags

This map shows the 41 provinces of the kingdom of France in 1789, under the Ancien Régime. Click a province to open its page, with its traditional flag where one is known.

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All Provinces (A–Z)

Each province has its own page, with its flag where one is known.

Flag of Alsace Alsace Flag of Angoumois Angoumois Flag of Anjou Anjou Flag of Artois Artois Flag of Aunis Aunis Flag of Auvergne Auvergne Flag of Barrois Barrois Flag of Berry Berry Flag of Bourbonnais Bourbonnais Flag of Bourgogne Bourgogne Flag of Bretagne Bretagne Flag of Béarn Béarn Cambrésis Flag of Champagne Champagne Flag of Comté de Foix Comté de Foix Flag of Corse Corse Flag of Dauphiné Dauphiné Flag of Flandre Flandre Flag of Franche-Comté Franche-Comté Flag of Gascogne Gascogne Flag of Guyenne Guyenne Hainaut Flag of Île-de-France Île-de-France Flag of Languedoc Languedoc Flag of Limousin Limousin Flag of Lorraine Lorraine Flag of Lyonnais Lyonnais Flag of Maine Maine Flag of Marche Marche Flag of Nivernais Nivernais Flag of Normandie Normandie Flag of Orléanais Orléanais Flag of Perche Perche Flag of Picardie Picardie Flag of Poitou Poitou Flag of Provence Provence Flag of Roussillon Roussillon Flag of Saintonge Saintonge Flag of Saumurois Saumurois Flag of Touraine Touraine Trois-Évêchés

Map: Milenioscuro, “France, provinces in 1789”, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, adapted by Emblema Mundi (redrawn to real coordinates, simplified). Province names and groupings: the “… in France (1789)” map series on Wikimedia Commons. Flags: free-licence images, mostly from Wikimedia Commons.

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