L'Auvergnat de Paris

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L'Auvergnat de Paris is a French weekly newspaper started on {{start date|1882|07|14|df=y}} by Louis Bonnet, and, until 2009, distributed throughout France. It had a circulation of around {{formatnum:15000}}, falling in its last years to around {{formatnum:10000}} before going into administration. It had the sub-title {{lang|fr|Du Massif central et fier de l’être}} ("From the Massif Central and proud to be so") and was a trade journal for Paris restaurants and brasseries. An Auvergnat is someone who comes from the Auvergne province or Auvergne region of France.

In July 2008 was bought by the Société à responsabilité limitée Bistrots et Comptoirs de Paris from businessman Gilles Barissat, who had owned it for ten years.{{cite news|url=http://www.strategies.fr/actualites/medias/r97801W/l-auvergnat-de-paris-cherche-un-repreneur.html|title=L'Auvergnat de Paris cherche un repreneur|language=fr|trans-title=L'Auvergnat de Paris seeks buyer|date=27 May 2008|website=strategies.fr|accessdate=7 November 2015}} Facing severe financial difficulties, and having failed to find a new buyer, it was placed into liquidation on 6 October 2009 by the Paris Commercial Tribunal.{{cite news|newspaper=Le Figaro-Économie|title=_|date=7 August 2009|language=fr}}

Groupe Michel Burton Communication – publisher of Lettre CHR-CHD, Décision Boissons, La Revue des Comptoirs and its supplements, Le Shaker, Tendances and Carnets de bar – has owned the title since 15 October 2009. It returned to the newsstands on 5 November 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.auvergnat.biz/acces-menu/articles/tous-les-articles/86-actualite/203-lauvergnat-de-paris-cest-reparti |title=L'Auvergnat de Paris c'est reparti |trans-title=L'Auvergnat de Paris is relaunched |language=fr |website=auvergnat.biz |accessdate=7 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906083428/http://www.auvergnat.biz/acces-menu/articles/tous-les-articles/86-actualite/203-lauvergnat-de-paris-cest-reparti |archivedate=September 6, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.auvergnat.biz/acces-menu/articles/tous-les-articles/86-actualite/211-l-auvergnat-de-paris-est-de-retour |title=L'Auvergnat de Paris est de retour |trans-title=L'Auvergnat de Paris makes its comeback |language=fr |website=auvergnat.biz |accessdate=7 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906090304/http://www.auvergnat.biz/acces-menu/articles/tous-les-articles/86-actualite/211-l-auvergnat-de-paris-est-de-retour |archivedate=September 6, 2011 }}