Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of France, does not have its own official flag, but an unofficial flag based on the islands' official coat of arms is commonly flown by locals. French law neither authorises nor prohibits the use of the unofficial flag by local officials, and it has appeared on official documents and in front of government buildings alongside the French national flag. The unofficial flag has also been flown by civilian vessels as a civil ensign. The design of the unofficial flag features a sailing ship (Grande Hermine) and a hoist with the flags of the Basque Country, Brittany, and Normandy – the three regions from which many of Saint Pierre and Miquelon's inhabitants originate. A local resident, André Paturel, created the flag in the 1980s with the islands' coat of arms as his basis. The coat of arms itself was inspired by a 1947 revenue stamp and designed in the 1960s by another local, Léon Joner.

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