Le Courrier du pays de Retz is a French weekly regional information newspaper created in 1844 and distributed on Fridays in the
Pays de Retz
The Pays de Retz (; br, Bro-Raez, link=no; ) is a historical subregion of France that currently forms part of the Loire-Atlantique department, but which previously formed part of the Duchy of Brittany.
The area lies between the southern shore of ...
The first issue of L'Écho de Paimbœuf, a weekly journal of literary and maritime advertisements, appeared in 1844 in Paimbœuf, then a sub-prefecture of
Loire-Inférieure
Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population o ...
. Inspired by a bourgeoisie of commerce and shipowners, printed on site, this title expanded its distribution area at the same time as the town that saw it born declined. Composed for a long time of a simple two-sided leaflet, the newspaper asserted its local roots and gradually become the organ of expression of the entire
Pays de Retz
The Pays de Retz (; br, Bro-Raez, link=no; ) is a historical subregion of France that currently forms part of the Loire-Atlantique department, but which previously formed part of the Duchy of Brittany.
The area lies between the southern shore of ...
. Owned by a small family group, it ceased to appear in 1944 at about the same time as Paimboeuf fell within the Saint-Nazaire pocket.
Publication resumed from 1946 under the name: Le Courrier de Paimbœuf. The newspaper grew, relied on a network of local correspondents, introduced photography and, in 1970, recruited its first team of journalists and salespeople. In 1996, the title was bought by the
France-Antilles
''France-Antilles'' is a daily, French-language newspaper published in Guadeloupe and Martinique. The newspaper is owned by Groupe Hersant Média. ''France-Antilles''. It also publishes a sister publication in French Guiana
French Guiana ...
group (since renamed the ). It was renamed ''Le Courrier du pays de Retz'' and left its historic birthplace to settle in
Pornic
Pornic (; ''Pornizh'' in Breton, ''Port-Nitz'' in Gallo) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
In 1973 the commune of Pornic absorbed the neighbouring municipalities of Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and Clion-sur-Mer.
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, which had since become the principal town of the Pays de Retz.
In 2008, the weekly was bought by the press group , a subsidiary of the , with around fifteen other titles from the Hersant Media group, including ', (
Guérande
Guérande (; br, Gwenrann, ; french: label= Gallo, Geraundd) is a medieval town located in the department of Loire-Atlantique, and the region of Pays de la Loire, Western France.
The inhabitants are referred to as ''Guérandais'' (masculine), ...
Le ''Courrier du pays de Retz'' is published on Fridays. It is distributed in all the cantons of the eponymous area ( Bouaye, Bourgneuf-en-Retz,
Le Pellerin
Le Pellerin (; br, Pentelloù) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Population
Personalities
Le Pellerin was the birthplace (21 May 1759) of Joseph Fouché.
See also
*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department ...
Machecoul
Machecoul ( br, Machikoul) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Machecoul-Saint-Même.Paimbœuf, Pornic, Saint-Père-en-Retz and Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu), certain cantons of the vicinity of Nantes (Nantes,
Rezé
Rezé (; br, Reudied, Gallo: ''Rezae'') is a commune (municipality) and former bishopric in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region of western France. It is a southern suburb of Nantes.
It was also called ''Ratiate'' ...
,
Saint-Herblain
Saint-Herblain (; br, Sant-Ervlan, ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, administrative region of Pays de la Loire (Brittany as historical region), France.
It is the largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and lies adjacent to its w ...
), that of Saint-Nazaire in the vicinity of Guérande plus the town of Geneston located in the (wine-growing) area south of Nantes.