The ''Revue Salamandre'' (named ''La Salamandre'' until 2020; en, "The salamander") is a
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magazine
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about
nature
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History and profile
''La Salamandre'' was established in 1983 by an 11-year-old boy, Julien Perrot.
[''La Salamandre'', no. 218, October 2013, 114 pages. Special issue for the thirty years of the magazine.] ''La Salamandre'' is a non-profit-making company and its magazines do not contain any advertising. The magazine had 6,000 subscribers in 1997 and 30,000 in 2013,
[ mainly in ]Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and France
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.[Olivier Perrin]
"Pour son 200e, « La Salamandre » barrit"
''Le Temps
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'', 4 October 2010.
A nature magazine for children (6-10 years) is also published, in French (''La Petite Salamandre''; en, "The Little Salamander").[ It had 18,000 subscribers in 2013. A German version was also created (''Der Kleine Salamander'') for ]German-speaking Switzerland
The German-speaking part of Switzerland (german: Deutschschweiz, french: Suisse alémanique, it, Svizzera tedesca, rm, Svizra tudestga) comprises about 65 percent of Switzerland (North Western Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland, Central Switze ...
and Germany
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''La Salamandre'' holds a yearly nature festival
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, the "Festival de la Salamandre". It celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2012. In 2011, ''La Salamandre'' also founded annual nature event in Switzerland, the "Fête de la nature".
The magazine regularly has partnerships with the scientific programmes of the Radio suisse romande ("Impatience", "CQFD" and "Prise de terre") and France Inter
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("La tête au carré").[Interview with Mathieu Vidard, ''La Salamandre'', no. 218, October 2013, pp. 100-101.]
See also
* List of magazines in Switzerland
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Switzerland. They are published in German, French, Italian or other languages.
A
* '' Aero Revue''
* '' Annabelle''
* '' Animan''
* ''Art International''
B
* ...
* List of wildlife magazines
This is a non-exhaustive (incomplete) list of wildlife magazines.
Magazines on ornithology and bird-watching can be found in list of ornithology journals.
In English
* ''Australian Wildlife'', quarterly magazine of the Wildlife Preservation So ...
References
External links
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1983 establishments in Switzerland
Bi-monthly magazines published in Switzerland
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Magazines established in 1983
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Magazines published in Switzerland