Groupe Flammarion () is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by

Ernest Flammarion Ernest Flammarion (; May 30, 1846, Montigny-le-Roi - January 21, 1936, Paris) was a French publisher, founder of Groupe Flammarion (Flammarion-Marpon Editions). Biography Ernest Flammarion is the fourth in a family of six children whose eldes ...

, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops (La Hune and Flammarion Center). Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000. Éditions Gallimard acquired Flammarion from RCS MediaGroup in 2012. Subsidiaries include

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. Its headquarters in

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are in the building that was the former

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(named in honour of the writer and philosopher

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), located on the

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in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris. Flammarion is a subsidiary of Groupe Madrigall, the third largest French publishing group.

History

Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the ''Treaty of Popular Astronomy'' of his brother, the astronomer

Camille Flammarion Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS (; 26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction ...

. The firm published

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, Maupassant, and Jules Renard, as well as Hector Malot,

Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...

, and a wide list of medical, scientific, geographical, and historical works, including also the

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children's series.

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* {{Authority control Publishing companies of France RCS MediaGroup Visual arts publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1876 French companies established in 1876

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