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| Tricolore | |
| Use | National flag,civil andstate ensign |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 15 February 1794 (1794-02-15) |
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| Use | Banner used by the Departmental Council of Mayotte. |
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| 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 theflag of France serves as its national flag. Thecoat of arms of Mayotte is well defined and was adopted by the predecessor entity of theDepartment of Mayotte in 1982.
Mayotte is anoverseas region anddepartment ofFrance. Therefore, the flag of France is its national flag.[1] However, it has no flag of its own.
A banner is flown by thedepartmental council, consisting of the department's coat of arms on a white field with the words "DÉPARTEMENT DE MAYOTTE".[2][3]
| Coat of arms of Mayotte | |
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| 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 | Twoseahorses |
| Motto | Ra Hachiri (We are vigilant) |
| Other elements | Top:Département Bottom:de Mayotte |
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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 theflag of France, with the addition of a yellow shade for the twoylang-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 twoseahorses, 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 fromShimaore as "We are vigilant". Finally, the whole is enframed at the top byDépartement and at the bottom byde Mayotte, withde written vertically. Thefont 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 | |||
TheDepartmental Council of Mayotte uses a seal based on theGreat Seal of France.
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