''L'Intransigeant'' was a French

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founded in July 1880 by

Henri Rochefort Henri is the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include: People French nobles * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * ...

. Initially representing the left-wing opposition, it moved towards the right during the Boulanger affair (Rochefort supported Boulanger) and became a major right-wing newspaper by the 1920s. The newspaper was vehemently anti-Dreyfusard, reflecting Rochefort's positions. In 1906 under the direction of Léon Bailby it reaches a circulation of 400,000 copies. It ceased publication after the French surrender in 1940. After the war it was briefly republished in 1947 under the name ''L'Intransigeant-Journal de Paris'', before merging with ''

Paris-Presse ''Paris-Presse'' was a French newspaper published in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in ...

''.

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* Issues of ''L'intransigeant'
from 1880 to 1940
viewable on line in Gallica, the digital library of the BnF 1880 establishments in France 1940 disestablishments in France Newspapers established in 1880 Publications disestablished in 1940 Defunct newspapers published in France {{france-newspaper-stub