Ile-de-France (Region, France)

Last modified: 2003-12-27 by ivan sache
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• Administrative data
• Flag of the Regional Council
  • Former flag of the Regional Council

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Administrative data

Departments: Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Yvelines
Bordering Regions: Haute-Normandie, Bourgogne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Picardie
Traditional provinces: Ile-de-France, Orléanais, Champagne

Area: 12,011 km²
Population (1995): 1,977,700 inhabitants
Regional prefecture: Paris

Flag of the Regional Council

by Olivier Touzeau

According to AFP (Agence France Presse), dispatch dated 22/09/00 18h34, the Regional Council of Ile-de-France changed its logo and flag.

The former red-white-blue flower, which had been created in 1976, has been abandoned, because it was only a geographical symbol of