Ouest-France

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Ouest-France
Circulation
645,344 (total; 2022)[1]
Websiteouest-france.fr

Ouest-France (French pronunciation:

régions of Brittany, Lower Normandy and Pays de la Loire
. Its readership has been unaffected by the decline of newspaper reading in France, unlike most other dailies.

With 2.5 million daily readers (and a circulation of almost 800 000 units), it is by far the most read

francophone newspaper in the world, ahead of French national newspapers Le Figaro and Le Monde
.

History

Ouest-France building in Rennes

Ouest-France was founded in 1944[2] by Adolphe Le Goaziou and others following the closure of Ouest-Éclair, which was banned by Liberation forces for collaborationism during the war.[3] It is based in Rennes and Nantes and has a circulation about 792,400 (greater than any French national daily newspaper), mostly in Brittany.

Its editorial line has been strongly pro-

Nouveau Centre or Union for a Popular Movement
(UMP). With 2.52 million readers, Ouest-France is also the leading French-language daily in the world.

The paper had a circulation of 773,471 copies in 2001 and 764,731 copies in 2002 with a market share of 14.41%.[4] The paper had a circulation of 637,463 copies in 2020.[5]

The distinct editions

The 47 different editions are divided among twelve départements :

Département Numbers Circulation Name of editions
Calvados
 4 52,000
Falaise
Côtes-d'Armor 5 95,000 Dinan, Guingamp, Lannion / Paimpol, Loudéac – Rostrenen, Saint-Brieuc
Finistère 5 46,000
Quimper
Ille-et-Vilaine 10 134,000
Redon, Rennes (Rennes nord, sud, est, ouest, centre), Saint-Malo, Vitré, Fougères
Loire-Atlantique 6 112,000
La Baule
Maine-et-Loire 2 24,000 Angers – Segré, Cholet
Manche
 3 33,000 Cherbourg, Saint-Lô / Coutances, Sud Manche
Mayenne
 1 41,000 Mayenne
Morbihan 5 113,000 Auray, Lorient, Ploërmel, Pontivy, Vannes
Orne
 2 22,000 Argentan-Flers, Alençon-Orme-Est
Sarthe
 2 25,000 Le Mans / Sarthe nord, Sarthe sud
Vendée
 4 72,000
Montaigu / Les Herbiers
, Ouest Littoral

See also

  • List of French newspapers

References

  1. ^ "Ouest-France − History". Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias (in French). n.d. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Historical development of the media in France" (PDF). McGraw-Hill Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. ISBN 2-914612-10-9
    )
  4. ^ David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Ouest France – ACPM". www.acpm.fr. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

External links

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