This page is part of an mirror of © FOTW Flags Of The World website

This website is devoted to the science of vexillology (the study of flags).
All illustrations presented on this website serve exclusively to provide information in the context of vexillology.
The authors and hosts of this site explicitly distance themselfes from any symbols of unconstitutional organizations that may be depicted here.

Gard (Department, France): Yacht clubs

See also:

Club Nautique de la Baie d'Aigues-Mortes

Burgee of the CNBAM - Image by Ivan Sache, 23 May 2006

The fortified city of Aigues-Mortes (6,084 inhabitants) in located in Languedoc, west of the marshy region of Camargue. It is often said that "the city walls of the sleepy city of Aigues-Mortes [lit., dead waters] are no longer leashed by the waves", which is very romantic but geographically and historically erroneous. Aigues-Mortes was indeed built by King Saint-Louis who needed a port to go on the crusade (Provence was not yet incorporated to France and was a remote vassal of the German Empire) but Aigues-Mortes, like other towns in coastal Languedoc (Agde, Sète, Narbonne) is located on a pond linked to the sea by a channel localy called grau. The village set up at the entrance of the channel is called Le Grau-du-Roi. Saint-Louis left Aigues-Mortes with his fleet in 1248 (Seventh Crusade) and 1270 (Eight Crusade).
The burgee of the CNBAM shows a map of the bay and the blue Italic letters CNBAM in the "land" part of the map. The patron saint of the kings of France and of Aigues-Mortes, Saint Martin, is shown on the municipal coat of arms or with a cloak azure. These arms might have given the colours of the burgee, which could also be related to sea, sand and sun.

Source: CNBAM website

Ivan Sache, 23 May 2006

Advertisement from our sponsor:

Bei Fahnenversand.de erhalten Sie eine Vielzahl an hochwertigen Flaggen, Pins und Aufnähern, zum Beispiel:

Bestellen Sie Ihre Fahnen im Flaggen-Shop bei Fahnenversand.de