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Guadeloupe, an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas region and departments of France, department of France located in the Caribbean, has no flag with official status other than the flag of France, French national flag.

Other flags

The French ''flag of France, tricolore'' is the official national flag used in Guadeloupe.

In addition to the French flag, an inscribed regional logo on a white field is often used as regional flag, similar to the practice in flag and coat of arms of Mayotte, Mayotte and flag of Réunion, Réunion. The Coat of arms of Guadeloupe, logo of Guadeloupe shows a stylized Sun and bird on a green and light blue square with the subscript ''REGION GUADELOUPE'' underlined in yellow.

A locally used unofficial flag, based on the coat of arms of Guadeloupe's capital Basse-Terre has a black or red field with a 30-rayed yellow sun (heraldry), sun and a green sugarcane, and a blue stripe with three yellow fleur-de-lis, fleurs-de-lis on the top.

The independentist People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe has proposed a national flag. It bears some resemblance with the national flag of Suriname.

Gallery

See also

* Coat of arms of Guadeloupe
* Flags of the regions of France
* List of political parties in Guadeloupe

References

External links

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Flags of Overseas France
Guadeloupean culture, Flag

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