Flag and coat of arms of Mayotte

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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

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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.

See also

References

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