Ouest-France

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Ouest-France

| logo = Ouest-France_logo.svg

| image = Ouest_France.jpg

| caption = Front page, 12 February 2014

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Berliner

| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1944}}

| owners = Groupe Sipa – Ouest-France

| political = Centrism
Moderate conservatism

| headquarters = Rennes

| circulation = 645,344 (total; 2022){{cite web |url=https://www.acpm.fr/Support/ouest-france |title=Ouest-France − History |date=n.d. |website=Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médias |language=fr |access-date=7 January 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240107122448/https://www.acpm.fr/Support/ouest-france |archive-date=7 January 2024}}

| editor = Jean-Luc Évin

| ISSN = 0999-2138

| eISSN = 1760-6306

| website = {{URL|http://www.ouest-france.fr/|ouest-france.fr}}

}}

Ouest-France ({{IPA|fr|wɛst.fʁɑ̃s}} ; French for "West-France") is a daily French newspaper known for its emphasis on both local and national news. The paper is produced in 47 different editions covering events in different French départements within the 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

File:Ouest France Rennes.jpg

Ouest-France was founded in 1944{{cite web|title=Historical development of the media in France|url=http://www.mheducation.co.uk/openup/chapters/9780335236220.pdf|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education|access-date=24 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225005455/http://www.mheducation.co.uk/openup/chapters/9780335236220.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2015|url-status=dead}} by Adolphe Le Goaziou and others following the closure of Ouest-Éclair, which was banned by Liberation forces for collaborationism during the war.Jean-Loup Avril, Mille Bretons, dictionnaire biographique, Les Portes du Large, Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, 2003, ({{ISBN|2-914612-10-9}}) 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-European integration from the beginning, influenced by Christian democracy (Popular Republican Movement), now MoDem, 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%.{{cite web|author=David Ward|title=A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries|url=http://77.87.161.246/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Ownership-in-Ten-European-Countries.pdf|work=Dutch Media Authority|access-date=12 August 2014|year=2004}} The paper had a circulation of 637,463 copies in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Ouest France – ACPM|url=https://www.acpm.fr/Support/ouest-france|access-date=7 May 2021|website=www.acpm.fr}}

=The distinct editions=

The 47 different editions are divided among twelve départements :

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scope="row" \| Calvados \| align="center" \| 4 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:52000}} \| Bayeux, Caen, Pays d'Auge, Vire / Falaise
scope="row" \| Côtes-d'Armor \| align="center" \| 5 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:95000}} \| Dinan, Guingamp, Lannion / Paimpol, Loudéac – Rostrenen, Saint-Brieuc
scope="row" \| Finistère \| align="center" \| 5 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:46000}} \| Brest, Châteaulin / Carhaix, Finistère sud, Morlaix, Quimper
scope="row" \| Ille-et-Vilaine \| align="center" \| 10 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:134000}} \| Redon, Rennes (Rennes nord, sud, est, ouest, centre), Saint-Malo, Vitré, Fougères
scope="row" \| Loire-Atlantique \| align="center" \| 6 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:112000}} \| Châteaubriant – Ancenis, Nantes vignoble, Pays de Retz, Nantes ville, Nantes nord, St-Nazaire / La Baule
scope="row" \| Maine-et-Loire \| align="center" \| 2 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:24000}} \| Angers – Segré, Cholet
scope="row" \| Manche \| align="center" \| 3 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:33000}} \| Cherbourg, Saint-Lô / Coutances, Sud Manche
scope="row" \| Mayenne \| align="center" \| 1 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:41000}} \| Mayenne
scope="row" \| Morbihan \| align="center" \| 5 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:113000}} \| Auray, Lorient, Ploërmel, Pontivy, Vannes
scope="row" \| Orne \| align="center" \| 2 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:22000}} \| Argentan-Flers, Alençon-Orme-Est
scope="row" \| Sarthe \| align="center" \| 2 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:25000}} \| Le Mans / Sarthe nord, Sarthe sud
scope="row" \| Vendée \| align="center" \| 4 \| align="right" \| {{formatnum:72000}} \| Fontenay-le-Comte / Luçon, La Roche-sur-Yon, Montaigu / Les Herbiers, Ouest Littoral

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bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center" | Département

! bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center" | Numbers

! bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center" | Circulation

! bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center" | Name of editions

scope="row" | Calvados

| align="center" | 4

| align="right" | {{formatnum:52000}}

| Bayeux, Caen, Pays d'Auge, Vire / Falaise

scope="row" | Côtes-d'Armor

| align="center" | 5

| align="right" | {{formatnum:95000}}