Bandera de Lyon

The flag of the city of Lyon.

The flag of the city of Lyon consists of a rectangular cloth that shows the elements of its coat of arms, is therefore an heraldic flag. Usually has a usual proportions of 3: 2 and it is a sign of civil use, since in the city council and its dependencies only the national flag is raised.

Lyon's coat of arms consists of a field of gules (red), with a rampant lion (in profile and erect) and silver (bank color). This coat of arms is increased by an heraldic chief, the division occupying the upper third. It is the "Head of France", awarded to all the "Bonnes Villes", which shows the heraldry of its former monarchs: de azur loaded with three gold fleur de lis (a blue background adorned with three yellow lily flowers). In the thirteenth century merchants' guilds ran a revolt against the power of the Archbishop-Earl of Lyons. These used their own flags with a lion to symbolize their strength, forcing in 1320 the king Philip V of France to intervene in this conflict. Following the intervention of the king, the city became directly dependent on the French Crown, including the list of "Bonnes Villes" and receiving its coat of arms (and pavilion). In 1376 King Charles V simplified his heralicism by reducing to three the indeterminate number of fleurs de lys which had hitherto covered all the space of the royal armories and heraldic chiefs of the Bonnes Villes. Sources

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