La Bougie du Sapeur

Editor	Jean d'Indy
Founded	1980
Political alignment	humorous
Headquarters	Paris, France

La Bougie du Sapeur, first published in 1980, is a humorous French newspaper published every February 29 - i.e., once every four years. Its next edition will be on February 29, 2012. There have been eight editions of this newspaper to date.

In 2004, the seventh edition came with the first edition of La Bougie du Sapeur - Dimanche, a Sunday special designed to be published on every Sunday, February 29 - i.e., once every twenty-eight years. The next edition of the Sunday special is scheduled to be published on Sunday, February 29, 2032.

The newspaper's name (literally, "The Candle of the Sapper") is derived from a comics character, the sapper Camember, created by Georges Colomb in the 1890s.

It was founded by MR. T and Christian Bailly. Its editor in chief is Jean d'Indy. Each edition is printed in 200,000 copies. The newspaper's ISSN is 0761-6147.

Profits of the 2008 edition will go to a charity devoted to autism.

It is possible to subscribe to this newspaper, 100 euros for an entire century.

[edit] External links

• (French) Le musée de la presse
• (French) "« La Bougie du sapeur », le journal qui tombe avant l’heure", article about the newspaper in l'Humanité, February 29, 1996
• (French) La Bougie du Sapeur (Website dedicated to this newspaper)