Champagne-Ardenne (Region, France)

Last modified: 2002-01-18 by ivan sache
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The region has no specific flag.

• Administrative data
• Flag of the Regional Council

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• France
• France: Regions
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Administrative data

Departments: Ardennes, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne
Bordering Regions: Bourgogne, Franche-Comté, Ile-de-France, Lorraine, Picardie
Bordering country: Belgium
Traditional provinces: Bourgogne, Champagne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine

Area: 25,606 km²
Population (1995): 1,352,500 inhabitants
Regional prefecture: Châlons-en-Champagne

Flag of the Regional Council

by Philippe-Pierre Darras

The logotyped flag was created in 1987. It shows two hearts entwined, one yellow, one green. In a Region without much of a strong common indentity between its constituent departments, they symbolize the union through which a feeling of regional identity should develop. Yellow and green stand for the Region's ressources: yellow for vineyards, champagne and the cornfields as well as the Region prestigious past ; green conveys the idea that Champagne-Ardenne nature is rich in forests and rivers.

Philippe-Pierre Darras, 18 January 1999