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Actes Sud

Logo: Actes Sud, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

French publishing house

Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1978Founded1
  • Industrybook publishing1
  • HeadquartersArles1
  • Founded inArles1
  • Websitewww.actes-sud.fr
  • Legal formSA à directoire (s.a.i.)1
  • LEI969500M320NDNW2Q51733
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address47 RUE DU DOCTEUR FANTON, 13200 Arles, France3
  • Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 3408839743

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Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members.2

The story

Founded by Hubert Nyssen in 1978, in Arles.1

ACTeS was situated in Paradou, a village in the Vallée des Baux. Here, founder Hubert Nyssen, his wife Christine Le Bœuf, (which was the granddaughter of Belgian banker and patron Henry Le Bœuf), his daughter Françoise Nyssen, Bertrand Py and Jean-Paul Capitani met and founded Actes Sud. In 1983 Actes Sud moved to Arles. The publishing house was incorporated on 2 May 1987.

The Actes Sud was a publication of the "Atelier de cartographie thématique et statistique" (ACTeS).

From Wikipedia’s article on Actes Sud, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

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Timeline

  1. 1978Founded Founded in Arles1

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