Meaning
The flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon features a distinctive tricolor design with yellow, green, and red vertical stripes, each band representing different cultural groups of the islands. The center stripe contains a white ship silhouette, symbolizing the islands' maritime heritage and fishing traditions. This small French overseas collectivity's flag is less commonly seen than larger nations', but it carries significant meaning for those connected to these Atlantic islands.
This flag is used primarily by residents and heritage enthusiasts to represent these small French island territories located off the coast of Newfoundland. You'll see it in posts about fishing culture, French North American heritage, or when discussing the islands' unique geopolitical status. Travel content featuring the islands and their charming villages occasionally features this flag.
While not as widely used as larger national flags, it holds importance for descendants of Saint Pierre and Miquelon families and those interested in French colonial history and North Atlantic maritime culture. It's a symbol of a small but distinct community.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, this flag brings representation to one of France's oldest overseas territories.
Common Uses
- • Representing Saint Pierre and Miquelon heritage
- • Discussing French North American culture
- • Sharing island travel content
- • Celebrating maritime and fishing traditions
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Saint Pierre and Miquelon remains one of the last French territories in North America, and these tiny islands have maintained a distinct Basque and Breton cultural heritage despite their remote location.
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Platform Shortcodes
:st_pierre_miquelon: :flag-pm: :st_pierre_miquelon: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇵🇲 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇵🇲 |
| CSS | \1F1F5\1F1F2 |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDF5\uD83C\uDDF2 |
| Python | \U0001F1F5\U0001F1F2 |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDF5\uD83C\uDDF2 |
| Perl | \x{1F1F5}\x{1F1F2} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1F5}\x{1F1F2} |
| Punycode | xn--2qd1-2qcy |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%B5%F0%9F%87%B2 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB5 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2 |
🇵🇲 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: সেন্ট পিয়ের ও মিকুয়েলন |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 圣皮埃尔和密克隆群岛 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:聖皮埃與密克隆群島 |
| Danish | Saint Pierre og Miquelon |
| Dutch | vlag: Saint-Pierre en Miquelon |
| English | flag: St. Pierre & Miquelon |
| English (UK) | flag: St. Pierre & Miquelon |
| Estonian | lipp: Saint-Pierre ja Miquelon |
| Finnish | lippu: Saint-Pierre ja Miquelon |
| French | drapeau : Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon |
| German | Flagge: St. Pierre und Miquelon |
| Hindi | झंडा: सेंट पिएरे और मिक्वेलान |
| Hungarian | zászló: Saint-Pierre és Miquelon |
| Italian | bandiera: Saint-Pierre e Miquelon |
| Japanese | 旗: サンピエール島・ミクロン島 |
| Korean | 깃발: 생피에르 미클롱 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Sen Pjeras ir Mikelonas |
| Malay | bendera: Saint Pierre dan Miquelon |
| Norwegian | flagg: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon |
| Polish | flaga: Saint-Pierre i Miquelon |
| Portuguese | bandeira: São Pedro e Miquelão |
| Russian | флаг: Сен-Пьер и Микелон |
| Spanish | Bandera: San Pedro y Miquelón |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: San Pedro y Miquelón |
| Swedish | flagga: S:t Pierre och Miquelon |
| Thai | ธง: แซงปีแยร์และมีเกอลง |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Сен-Пʼєр і Мікелон |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Saint Pierre và Miquelon |