"Patchwork" European flag
The flag shown above was photographed a couple of years ago outside the city hall at Chalonnes-sur-Loire (France). It seems to be no longer present there.
The design of this flag consists of a checker of 4x4 national flags of European countries, plus the European Union flag, arranged the following way:
European Union | Italy | United Kingdom | Austria |
The Netherlands | Sweden | Spain | Greece |
Denmark | Germany | France | Portugal |
Ireland | Switzerland | Luxembourg | Belgium |
The parcel service company Montigny Services flies at least two copies of another "patchwork" European flag over their headquarters, located in La Forêt-sur-Sèvre (Poitou).
The composition of the patchwork is the following:
European Union | Portugal | Germany | France |
Belgium | The Netherlands | Finland | Spain |
Luxembourg | Sweden | Austria | Ireland |
Denmark | Italy | Greece | United Kingdom |
This patchwork is more "European" than the first one, which shows Switzerland instead of Finland. Moreover, it has a white border all around.