There is only one flag of Europe, but there are dozens of European flags

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:54

Europe is the cradle of modern civilization, its current world order. Here are some of the oldest (in the sense of continuous history) states of the world. One of the attributes of statehood is the flag. Actually, the flag from Europe served as the basis for creating their own from states in other parts of the world. After all, this is part of heraldry, and its homeland is the Old World.

Flag of Europe - flag of the European Union

The main flag of the continent since the creation of the European Union has been a blue flag with golden stars located in the center in a circle (according to the number of participating countries). However, it does not cancel the national flags of states. And not all of Europe is the European Union.

Record breakers

The oldest de facto flag of Europe is the flag of Denmark (1291), according to legend, fell from the sky on the Danish king during the battle. The youngest is considered the state symbol of the unrecognized DPR. In February of this year, a white eagle "flew" from the flag of the rebellious Donbass. Of the flags of the recognized states, the youngest is Serbian. AT2010 it was updated after the loss of Montenegro.

Flags of European countries

For the convenience of information perception, the flags in the picture above are numbered. On it, the state symbols of not all states, the missing ones can be seen further in the table. It also contains basic information about the country and the date the flag was adopted.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	32	33	34	35
36	37	38	39	40	41	42
43	44	45	46	47

Where is the border of Europe?

The European countries include the states of Transcaucasia and the island of Cyprus. Geographically, they are not included in this part of the world, but are closely connected with it. For example, holding the first ever European Games in Baku. This event clearly demonstrated that Azerbaijan is a de facto part of Europe. Georgia and Armenia participate in EU programs. Turkey and Kazakhstan parthave their territories in Europe. The states of the Old World include new unrecognized and partially recognized ones, as well as territories with a special status.

Flags of European countries with country names

Kyiv

Country	Capital	The number of the flag on the diagram	In action
Republic of Austria	Vienna	46	Since 1919
Republic of Azerbaijan	Baku		1918-1920, since 1991
Republic of Albania	Tirana	25	Since 1992
Andorra	Andorra	2	Since 1866
Republic of Armenia	Yerevan		Since 1990
Republic of Belarus	Minsk	4	Since 1995
Kingdom of Belgium	Brussels	37	Since 1831
Republic of Bulgaria	Sofia	9	1879-1947, since 1990
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	12	Since 1998
Kingdom of Great Britain	London	1	Since 1801
Republic of Hungary	Budapest	43	Since 1957
Holland (Kingdom of the Netherlands)	Amsterdam	18	1937
Greek Republic	Athens	45	Since 1978
Republic of Georgia	Tbilisi		Since 2004
Kingdom of Denmark	Copenhagen	38	From 1219
Republic of Ireland	Dublin	32	Since 1919
Republic of Iceland	Reykjavik	24	Since 1944
Kingdom of Spain	Madrid	13	Since 1981
Italian Republic	Rome	26	Since 1946
Republic of Kazakhstan	Astana		Since 1992
Republic of Cyprus	Nicosia	11	Since 1960
Republic of Latvia	Riga	6	1921-40, since 1990
Republic of Lithuania	Vilnius	31	Since 2004
Principality of Liechtenstein	Vaduz	30	Since 1982
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	24	Since 1845
Republic of Macedonia	Skopje	23	Since 1995
Republic of M alta	La Valletta	36	Since 1964
Republic of Moldova (Moldova)	Chisinau	41	Since 1990
Principality of Monaco	Monaco	15	Since 1881
Kingdom of Norway	Oslo	5	Since 1821
Republic of Poland	Warsaw	44	Since 1919
Portuguese Republic	Lisbon	10	Since 1911
Russian Federation	Moscow	47	1896-1917, since 1993
Republic of Romania	Bucharest	14	Since 1989
Republic of San Marino	San Marino	34	Since 1862
Republic of Serbia	Belgrade	20	Since 2010
Slovak Republic	Bratislava	3	Since 1992
Republic of Slovenia	Ljubljana	28	Since 1991
Republic of Turkey	Istanbul	42	Since 1936
Republic of Ukraine		17	1918-20, since 1991
Republic of Finland	Helsinki	8	Since 1920
French Republic	Paris	21	From 1794
Republic of Croatia	Zagreb	27	Since 1990
Montenegro	Podgorica	29	Since 2004
Czech Republic	Prague	35	Since 1920
Swiss Confederation	no official	22	Since 1889
Kingdom of Sweden	Stockholm	7	Since 1821
Republic of Estonia	Tallinn	16	1918-40, since 1990
Territories with special status
Vatican City State	Vatican	29	Since 1929
Gibr altar UK Overseas Territory	Gibr altar		Since 1982
Disputed States
Abkhazia	Sukhumi		Since 1992
Unrecognized DNR	Donetsk		since 2018
Republic of Kosovo	Pristina	33	Since 2008
Unrecognized LPR	Lugansk		Since 2014
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Stepanakert		Since 1992
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic	Tiraspol		Since 1991
South Ossetia	Tskhinvali		Since 1990

Each European flag deserves a separate article. After all, it reflects the history and traditions of the whole country.