Éditions Belin

Éditions Belin, or Belin éditeur, is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1777 and specializes in university, school and extracurricular works. Until 2014, Belin was the oldest still-independent French publishing house. On October 30, 2014, reinsurer SCOR SE, managed by Denis Kessler, acquired 100% of Belin's capital, end the family's ownership. A merger with Presses Universitaires de France led to the creation of Humensis in December 2016.

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