Saint-Barthélémy (Guadeloupe, France)

<html> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.crwflags.com:80/fotw/flags/gp-sb.html","20070313083049","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1173774649"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>Saint-Barthélémy (Guadeloupe, France)</title> <subtitle ouanalao> <editor isa> <abstract> <keywords guadeloupe,saint-barthelemy,ouanalao,fleur-de-lis: 3 (yellow),maltese cross (white),crowns: 3 (yellow),pelicans: 2,saint-barhtelemy yacht club,> </head> <body background="/web/20070313083049im_/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/fotwbckg.gif"> <a href="host.html"><img src="/web/20070313083049im_/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/linea2.gif" border="0" valign="CENTER"></a><br> <font size="-2"><sup>This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website</sup></font> <h1>Saint-Barthélémy (Guadeloupe, France)</h1> <h2>Ouanalao</h2> <p><font size="-1">Last modified: <b>2006-03-04</b> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070313083049/mailto:veksil74200@yahoo.fr">ivan sache</a> <br> Keywords: <a href="keywordg.html#guadeloupe">guadeloupe</a> | <a href="keywords.html#saint-barthelemy">saint-barthelemy</a> | <a href="keywordo.html#ouanalao">ouanalao</a> | <a href="keywordf.html#fleur-de-lis: 3 (yellow)">fleur-de-lis: 3 (yellow)</a> | <a href="keywordm.html#maltese cross (white)">maltese cross (white)</a> | <a href="keywordc.html#crowns: 3 (yellow)">crowns: 3 (yellow)</a> | <a href="keywordp.html#pelicans: 2">pelicans: 2</a> | <a href="keywords.html#saint-barhtelemy yacht club">saint-barhtelemy yacht club</a> | <br> Links: <a href="index.html">FOTW homepage</a> | <a href="search.html">search</a> | <a href="disclaim.html">disclaimer and copyright</a> | <a href="mailme.html">write us</a> | <a href="mirror.html">mirrors</a> </font><br><hr size="4" align="CENTER" width="60%"><br>  </p> <p><a href="/web/20070313083049/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gp-sb.gif"><img src="/web/20070313083049im_/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gp-sb.gif" alt="[Local flag of Saint-Barth]" width="324" height="216" border="0" align="bottom"></a></p> <p><b>Local flag of Saint-Barthélémy - Official status unknown</b> - Image by <i>Pascal Gross</i>, 30 September 1998</p> <hr> <ul> <li><a href="#pre">Presentation of Saint-Barthélémy</a> <li><a href="#fla">Flag of Saint-Barthélémy</a> <li><a href="#sbyc"><i>Saint-Barthélémy Yacht Club</i></a> </ul> <p><i>See also:</i></p> <ul> <li><a href="fr.html">France</a> <li><a href="gp.html">Guadeloupe (France, Overseas Department)</a> <li><a href="gp-sm.html">Saint-Martin (Guadeloupe, France)</a> </ul> <hr> <h2><a name="pre"></a>Presentation of Saint-Barthélémy</h2> <p>The island of Saint-Barthélémy (25 sq. km, 6,858 inhabitants) is located ca. 200 km North-West of Guadeloupe (between <a href="ai.html">Anguilla</a>, <a href="kn.html">St. Kitts</a> and <a href="ag.html">Antigua</a>). It constitutes, along with the French part of <a href="gp-sm.html">Saint-Martin</a> island, the <i>arrondissement</i> of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélémy.</p> <p><i>Ivan Sache</i>, 2 April 1999</p> <hr> <h2><a name="fla"></a>Flag of Saint-Barthélémy</h2> <p>On a tourist leaflet found by Armand du Payrat, the flag of Saint-Barthélémy is shown as white with the coat of arms in the middle.</p> <p><i>Pascal Gross</i>, 30 September 1998</p> <p>On the coat of arms, the three fleurs-de-lis recall the fact that the island was French from 1648 to 1785 and has been so since 1878.<br> The Maltese Cross recalls that the island belonged to the <a href="smom.html">Order of Malta</a> (1651-1665).<br> The three crowns are for the <a href="se-coa.html">Swedish</a> rule on the island from 1785 to 1878.<br> The mural crown is the ancient symbol of the Greek gods protecting the cities; it was granted to the French cities during the First Empire.<br> The two pelicans represent the island fauna.<br> <i>Ouanalao</i> is the local name of the island.</p> <p><b>Source:</b> An heraldic postcard by Mireille Louis, ca. 1970.</p> <p><i>Pascal Vagnat</i>, 24 October 1998</p> <hr> <h2><a name="sbyc"></a><i>Saint-Barthélémy Yacht Club</i></h2> <p><a href="/web/20070313083049/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gp~sbyc.gif"><img src="/web/20070313083049im_/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gp~sbyc.gif" alt="[Burgee of SBYC]" width="324" height="216" border="0" align="bottom"></a></p> <p><b>Burgee of SBYC</b> - Image by <i>Ivan Sache</i>, 19 May 2001</p> <p>The burgee of the <i>Saint-Barthélémy Yacht Club</i> is quartered blue-red-red-blue with the initials S B Y C in white in the respective quarters.</p> <p><b>Source</b>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070313083049/http://www.saintbarth.org/sbyc/sbycdetails.htm">SBYC website</a></p> <p><i>Ivan Sache</i>, 19 May 2001</p> </body> </html>

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