Flags / Europe

Flag of France

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.

How to recognise it

Three equal vertical bands: blue at the hoist, white, then red.

Name in the quiz: France
UN member state name: France
ISO 3166-1 code: FR
Atlas Play pack: Europe

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Easily confused with

BelgiumVertical tricolours of equal bands.
ItalyVertical tricolours with a white middle band.
NetherlandsThe same three colours, horizontal against vertical.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_France (A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/fr.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 60fbacfad8dd…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.