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Guadeloupe (France)

by Mark Sensen

Only the French flag is official in Guadeloupe.

See also:

Conseil Régional(Regional Council)

by Jaume Ollé

Unofficial local flag

by Jaume Ollé & António Martins

The flag of Guadeloupe is a banner of the arms: a red field with yellow sugar cane and a blue stripe with fleurs-de-lys at the bottom. This flag is unofficial but is tolerated with the French flag.
Pascal Vagnat, 14 December 1995

This flag is a banner of the arms of Pointe-a-Pitre, the island's main city, and is (seldom) used to symbolize the whole island.
António Martins, 12 January1998

by Pierre Gay 13 June 1999

I have had confirmation that the flag flown for Guadeloupe in Guadeloupe is indeed the version with a BLACK field (unlike the one presently posted on the ws, which has a red field). A nice gentleman who lives there has confirmed to me.
He says: "Le blason que vus pr?sentez est pr?sent effectivement en Guadeloupe uniquement avec le fond noir mais il n'est utilis? qu'a des fins touristiques..."
Meaning: "The arms that you show are indeed present in Guadeloupe, only on a black field, but is has only a touristic audience..."
Pierre Gay 13 June 1999

Saint-Barthélémy

Status

Saint-Barthélémy is a small island (21 sq. km, 5038 inhabitants) located ca. 200 km North-West of Guadeloupe (between Anguilla, St Kitts and Antigua). It is a dependency of Guadeloupe and constitutes, along with the French part of Saint-Martin island, the arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélémy.
Ivan Sache, 02 April 1999

Flag

by Pascal Gross

Armand du Payrat quoted a touristic leaflet showing this flag beside french tricolour, white field with the coat of arms.
Pascal Gross, 30 September 1998

Symbolic of the coat of arms

The three fleurs de lys recall the fact that the island of Saint-Barthélémy was French from 1648 to 1785 and since 1878. The Maltese Cross is for the fact that the island was belonging to the possessions of the Order of Malta (1651-1665). The three crowns are for the belonging of the island to Sweden from 1785 to 1878. The mural crown is the former symbol of the Greek gods protecting the cities and that the cities of the First French Empire retook. The two pelicans are to be found on the isle. Ouanalao is the local name of the island.
Source: - Heraldic postcard drawn by Mireille Louis, ca. 1970.
Pascal Vagnat, 24 October 1998

Saint-Martin (French part)

Status

Saint-Martin is located North of Saint-Barthélémy and south of Anguilla. Its northern part (Sint Maarten) belongs to the Netherlands Antilles, whereas its southern part (52 sq. km, 28518 inhabitants) belongs to Guadeloupe. It constitutes, along with Saint-Barthélémy the arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélémy, whose capital, Marigot, is located in Saint-Martin.
Ivan Sache, 02 April 1999

Flag (?)

by Christian Berghänel & António Martins

Source: A Vilag Nemzetei by Balough Laszlo (1994)
Christian Berghänel, 30 August 1998

In issue 21 of Balough is a light blue flag with a shield. I have not found in the Balough Bulletins another flag attribued to Saint-Martin. The issues of Balough are from 1995 (number 1) to 1997 (number 23), and the Saint Martin flag is reported in the issue 21. If the book is from 1994 I assume that the info was wrong or that Saint-Martin changed its flag after 1994.
Jaume Olle' 30 August 1998