Le Phare de la Loire
Le Phare de la Loire depicted on The Wall Fallen from the Sky | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Mangin family (1852–1876) Schwob family (1876–1928) Francis Portais and René Bentz (1928–1944) |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | Nantes |
| ISSN | 1257-600X |
Le Phare de la Loire was a French daily newspaper published in Nantes from 1852 to 1944. It was the last incarnation of a press lineage that began in 1782, successively owned by the Mangin family, the Schwob family, and finally by Francis Portais and his son-in-law René Bentz.
The leading daily newspaper in Nantes throughout its existence, it was banned from publication after the Liberation in 1945 and replaced by La Résistance de l'Ouest, and later by Presse-Océan, a newspaper of modest importance compared to its competitor in Rennes,Ouest-France.