Regional daily newspaper published in France
La Montagne is a French language regional daily newspaper based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The title was selected to reflect its alignment with the ideas of the Montagnards of the French Revolution.[1] The paper has been in circulation since 1919.
History and profile
La Montagne was established as an independent socialist publication by Alexandre Varenne in 1919.[2][3][4] He also served as the editor-in-chief of the paper[3] which is headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand.[5]
La Montagne was censored during World War II when France was occupied by the German forces, and the paper was suspended on 27 August 1943.[3][6] It was relaunched on 15 September 1944[3] and became the main daily in Auvergne.[1]
The Centre France group is the owner of La Montagne, which also owns other regional dailies and weeklies.[7] The majority shareholder in the company is the Alexander and Margaret Varenne Foundation.[8] La Montagne began to be published in tabloid format in January 2008.[4]
Circulation
La Montagne sold 246,900 copies in 1990 and 224,000 copies in 1991.[5] The paper sold 209,000 copies in 2000.[9] The circulation of the paper rose to 211,941 copies in 2001[10] and had a readership of 632,000 the same year.[11] La Montagne sold 206,813 copies in 2002.[10] The paper had a circulation of 204,000 copies during the first quarter of 2006.[12] In the period of 2007-2008 its circulation was 191,000 copies.[13]
Year
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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Circulation
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197,424
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196,108
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191,927
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186,233
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182,600
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179,862
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168,759
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165,390
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157,392
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145,385
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147,735
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References
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