Flag of Réunion


The flag of Reunion 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 flag was designed in 1974 by Guy Pignolet with help of Jean Finck and Didier Finck. The Vexillological Association of Réunion selected the flag in 2003 and further promoted its use online. It depicts the volcano of la Fournaise, bedecked by gold sunbeams.
It does not have official recognition, but since 2014 several city councils have displayed the flag outside public buildings such as the town halls of Saint-Denis and Saint-Philippe. The flag is included in many versions of emoji.

Independentist flag

An additional flag was created by Réunion independentists and nationalists in 1986. 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.