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flag of Europe

flag design created by the Council of Europe, then adopted as one of the official symbols of the European Communities and later of the European Union (EU); use Q98055852 for the "flag of EU" and Q105339315 for the "flag of the Council of Europe"
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flag of Europe
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Summary

flag of Europe is a symbols of Europe[1].

Key Facts

  • Instance of: flag[2], logo[3], flag design[4]
  • Depicts: field[5], five-pointed star[6]
  • Designed by: Arsène Heitz[7], Paul Michel Gabriel Lévy[8]
  • Color: blue[9], gold[10]
  • Unicode character: 🇪🇺[11]
  • Inception: December 8, 1955[12]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Europe[13]
  • Represents: Council of Europe[14], European Economic Community[15]
  • Partially coincident with: flag of the European Union[16]
  • Shape: rectangle[17]
  • Different from: flag of the Council of Europe[18], flag of the European Union[19]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 3:2[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . countries-ofthe-world.com. Retrieved . countries-ofthe-world.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . cvce.eu. Retrieved . cvce.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . newrepublic.com. Retrieved . newrepublic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . countryflags.com. Retrieved . countryflags.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . countryflags.com. Retrieved . countryflags.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . shape.nato.int. Retrieved . shape.nato.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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