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The region has no specific flag.
See also:
Departments: Cher,
Eure-et-Loir,
Indre,
Indre-et-Loire,
Loiret,
Loir-et-Cher
Bordering Regions: Auvergne,
Bourgogne,
Basse-Normandie,
Haute-Normandie,
Ile-de-France,
Limousin, Pays de
la Loire, Poitou-Charentes
Traditional provinces: Anjou,
Berry,
Bourbonnais,
Maine,
Marche,
Ile-de-France,
Orléanais,
Poitou,
Touraine
Area: 39,151 km2
Population (1995): 2,433,200 inhabitants
Regional prefecture:
Orléans
![[Centre]](../images/f/fr-cr-ce.gif)
by Philippe-Pierre Darras
The logo of the Regional council hasn't changed since it was first adopted by the Regional Council, it had and still has the shape of the French territory with a heart. Some variations are known, as for instance a white drawing on blue, but these are minor variations. The logo is now much known as it was at the beginning, but it isn't very well appreciated. The Region has also had a coat of arms, quartered with the coats of arms of the three main provinces which formed the territory of the region and the coat of arm of Joan of Arc, but this didn't last very long.
The flag of the Regional Council is white with the logo, but rarely seen. One can on the other hand see the flags of the three provinces, Berry, Touraine, and very rarely, if ever, Orléanais. In souvenir and books shops, one can easily find stickers with the arms of these three provinces.
Pascal Vagnat, 20 January 1999
The flags shows a stylized blue outline of France surrounded by a heart in three different shades of blue ending in an arrow locating the Region within France. On both sides of the logo, the Region name and the motto: Coeur de France (France's heart).
Pierre-Philippe Darras, 18 January 1999
The Regional Council of Centre agreed the name of the Region