Flag and coat of arms of Mayotte

Mayotte

Flag of France
Tricolore
Use	National flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	15 February 1794 (1794-02-15)
Use	Banner used by the Departmental Council of Mayotte.
Use	Banner used by the General Council of Mayotte (2004-2013).

Mayotte, an overseas region of France, has no official flag of its own, but the flag of France serves as its national flag. The coat of arms of Mayotte is well defined and was adopted by the predecessor entity of the Department of Mayotte in 1982.

Flag

Mayotte is an overseas region and department of France. Therefore, the flag of France is its national flag. ^[1] However, it has no flag of its own.

A banner is flown by the departmental council, consisting of the department's coat of arms on a white field with the words "DÉPARTEMENT DE MAYOTTE". ^{[2] [3]}

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Mayotte
Versions
Logo used by the Departmental Council of Mayotte.
Escutcheon
Armiger	Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic
Adopted	23 July 1982 (1982-07-23)
Shield	Per fess azure a crescent argent and gules two ylang-ylang flowers or; within a bordure engrelled argent
Supporters	Two seahorses
Motto	Ra Hachiri (We are vigilant)
Other elements	Top: Département Bottom: de Mayotte

French tricolour over the Mamoudzou City Hall

The coat of arms of Mayotte were created by Reunion Archives former director Michel Chabin and drawn by Pascale Santerre. The proposal was adopted by the former General Council of Mayotte on 23 July 1982 and assumed by the new department in 2011. ^[4]

The blue and the red come from the flag of France, with the addition of a yellow shade for the two ylang-ylang flowers. The department's graphic charter gives the following color codes for the coat of arms:

Colour scheme		Red		Blue		Yellow
CMYK	0 ◦ 95 ◦ 94 ◦ 0		85 ◦ 71 ◦ 0 ◦ 0		9 ◦ 0 ◦ 91 ◦ 0
Pantone	485 C		2945 C		3945 C
RGB	228 ◦ 35 ◦ 34		56 ◦ 84 ◦ 157		245 ◦ 230 ◦ 10
Web colors	E42322		38549D		F5E60A

The escutcheon, supported by two seahorses, reads as follows: Per fess azure a crescent argent and gules two ylang-ylang flowers or; within a bordure engrelled argent. The coat of arms also displays Mayotte motto, Ra Hachiri, translated from Shimaore as "We are vigilant". Finally, the whole is enframed at the top by Département and at the bottom by de Mayotte, with de written vertically. The font used is Barmeno Bold.

In addition to the main version, colored, there are also two others: one in shades of grey and the other in black and white, to be used if technical constraints arose. The graphical charter imposes a 100% black and 100% white shades for the latter and the following color codes for the former:

Colour scheme		Red		Blue		Yellow
CMYK	0 ◦ 0 ◦ 0 ◦ 60		0 ◦ 0 ◦ 0 ◦ 80		0 ◦ 0 ◦ 0 ◦ 20
Pantone	877 C		425 C		Cool Gray 2 C
RGB	135 ◦ 136 ◦ 13		88 ◦ 88 ◦ 90		217 ◦ 218 ◦ 219
Web colors	87888A		58585A		D9DADB

Seal

The Departmental Council of Mayotte uses a seal based on the Great Seal of France.

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  Seal of the Departmental Council of Mayotte

See also

• Flag of Réunion
• Coat of arms of Réunion

References

1. Government of the French Republic (4 October 1958). "Constitution of 4 October 1958". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
2. "Les 2ASSP à l'honneur!".
3. Conseil départemental de Mayotte. "Le mot du Président | Conseil départemental de Mayotte". www.cg976.fr. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
4. Department of Mayotte (29 November 2011). "Graphic charter : How to use the coat of arms of the Department of Mayotte". cg976.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 November 2020.

External links

• Media related to Flags of Mayotte at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Coats of arms of Mayotte at Wikimedia Commons
• Mayotte (France) at Flags of the World