Flag of Guadeloupe

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Guadeloupe
Flag of France.svg
Tricolore
Use National flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion2:3
Adopted15 February 1794
Flag of Guadeloupe (Local).svg
Flag of the Guadeloupe Region
Use State flag
Tricolours at the mairie of Terre-de-Haut Mairie de Terre-de-haut 02.jpg
Tricolours at the mairie of Terre-de-Haut

Guadeloupe, an overseas region and department of France located in the Caribbean, has no flag with official status other than the French national flag.

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The French tricolore is the official national flag used in Guadeloupe.

In addition to the French flag, an inscribed regional logo on a white field is often used as regional flag, similar to the practice in Mayotte and Réunion. The logo of Guadeloupe shows a stylized Sun and bird on a green and light blue square with the subscript REGION GUADELOUPE underlined in yellow.

A locally used unofficial flag, based on the coat of arms of Guadeloupe's capital Basse-Terre has a black or red field with a 30-rayed yellow sun and a green sugarcane, and a blue stripe with three yellow fleurs-de-lis on the top.

The independentist People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe has proposed a national flag. It bears great resemblance with the national flag of Suriname, with the star shifted towards the hoist.

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