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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner | Groupe Sipa – Ouest-France |
| Editor | Philippe Boissonnat Laetitia Greffié Sébastien Grosmaître |
| Founded | 1944; 81 years ago (1944) |
| Political alignment | Centrism Moderateconservatism |
| Headquarters | Rennes |
| Circulation | 645,344 (total; 2022)[1] |
| ISSN | 0999-2138 (print) 1760-6306 (web) |
| Website | ouest-france.fr |
Ouest-France (French pronunciation:[wɛstfʁɑ̃s]ⓘ,lit. 'West-France') is a daily Frenchnewspaper known for its emphasis on both local and national news. The paper is produced in 47 different editions covering events in different Frenchdépartements within therégions ofBrittany,Lower Normandy andPays 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 readfrancophone newspaper in the world, ahead of French national newspapersLe Figaro andLe Monde.
Ouest-France was founded in 1944[2] byAdolphe Le Goaziou and others following the closure ofOuest-Éclair, which was banned by Liberation forces for collaborationism during the war.[3] It is based inRennes andNantes and has a circulation about 792,400 (greater than any French national daily newspaper), mostly inBrittany.
Its editorial line has been strongly pro-European integration from the beginning, influenced byChristian democracy (Popular Republican Movement), nowMoDem,Nouveau Centre orUnion 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 41[6] different editions are divided among twelve départements :
| Département | Numbers | Circulation | Name of editions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvados | 4 | 52,000 | Bayeux,Caen,Pays d'Auge,Vire /Falaise |
| Côtes-d'Armor | 5 | 95,000 | Dinan,Guingamp,Lannion /Paimpol,Loudéac –Rostrenen,Saint-Brieuc |
| Finistère | 5 | 46,000 | Brest,Châteaulin /Carhaix, Finistère sud,Morlaix,Quimper |
| Ille-et-Vilaine | 10 | 134,000 | Redon,Rennes(Rennes nord, sud, est, ouest, centre),Saint-Malo,Vitré,Fougères |
| Loire-Atlantique | 6 | 112,000 | Châteaubriant –Ancenis, Nantes vignoble,Pays de Retz, Nantes ville, Nantes nord,St-Nazaire /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 | Fontenay-le-Comte /Luçon,La Roche-sur-Yon,Montaigu /Les Herbiers, Ouest Littoral |
