Brittany (Traditional province, France)

Bretagne, Breizh

Last modified: 2004-12-22 by ivan sache
Keywords: brittany | bretagne | breizh | ermines: 9 (black) | ermines: 11 (black) | ermines: 5 (black) | marchal (morvan) | gwenn-ha-du | banniel |
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by Vincent Morley
Traditional design

by Michel Bolloré
Modern design

• Description of the modern flag of Brittany (Gwenn-ha-Du, White and Black)
• Meaning of the Gwenn-ha-Du flag
• History of the Gwenn-ha-Du flag
• Vertical Gwenn-ha-Du flag
• Erroneous Gwenn-ha-Du flag
• Use of the word banniel (flag) in Breton

See also:

• France
• Brittany: Index of all related pages
• The European Gwenn-ha-Du flag

Description of the modern flag of Brittany (Gwenn-ha-Du, White and Black)

The Breton flag is called Gwenn-ha-Du, which means 'white and black'. The Bretons often say that it is the only black and white flag in the world, which is wrong (see for instance the flags of Fribourg and Ceuta), but surely i