Private company

Groupe Flammarion

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French publisher

Groupe Flammarion (French: [gʁup flamaʁjɔ̃]) is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, 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 Casterman.2 Its chief executive is Anna Pavlovitch (since 2018).1 It is part of Groupe Madrigall.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1875Founded1
  • Industrybook publishing1
  • HeadquartersParis1
  • Founded inParis1
  • Websiteeditions.flammarion.com
  • Legal formpublic limited company with a board of directors (n.o.s.)1

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Groupe Flammarion (French: [gʁup flamaʁjɔ̃]) is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, 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 Casterman. Its headquarters in Paris are in the building that was the former Café Voltaire (named in honour of the writer and philosopher Voltaire), located on the Place de l'Odeon in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris.2

Corporate structure

Groupe Flammarion is part of a group headed by Groupe Madrigall. 18 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Groupe Flammarion reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Charles Marpon and Ernest Flammarion in 1875, in Paris.1

Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the Treaty of Popular Astronomy of his brother, astronomer Camille Flammarion. The firm published Émile Zola, Maupassant, and Jules Renard, as well as Hector Malot, Colette, and a wide list of medical, scientific, geographical, historical works as well as various autobiographies, including also the Père Castor children's series.

One of its early commercial successes was Édouard Drumont's virulent antisemitic tract La France juive ("Jewish France"), which Flammarion published in 1886 and reissued several times. During the Nazi occupation it reissued the book as recently as 1943.

From Wikipedia’s article on Groupe Flammarion, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Groupe Flammarion, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Teresa Cremisi2001–2015
  2. Gilles Haéri2015–2018
  3. Anna Pavlovitch2018–now
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Board members and other officers (1)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2010Acquired Autrement1
  2. 1977Acquired Arthaud1

Timeline

  1. 2018New chief executive Anna Pavlovitch becomes CEO1
  2. 2015New chief executive Gilles Haéri becomes CEO1
  3. 2012Acquired Acquired by Groupe Madrigall1
  4. 2001New chief executive Teresa Cremisi becomes CEO1
  5. 2001Acquired Acquired by RCS MediaGroup1
  6. 1875Founded Founded in Paris1

Sources

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