 Located in the Vosges region of France, Clairefontaine was established on the site of a paper mill built in 1512. The Clairefontaine  mill has been making paper since 1858 and stationery products since 1890. The company is best known for making the first school notebooks in France.
Clairefontaine is famous for its exceptionally white and ultra smooth notebook paper. People love Clairefontaine notebooks for the quality of the paper, and the pleasure of writing they experience when they use them. The notebook paper weighs 90 g, and has excellent opacity and a perfect satin finish for maximum smoothness in writing.
Clairefontaine is simply the best paper in the world for writing. Our velin veloute (pronounced ve-lin veu-lou-te)
notebook paper features an ultra smooth surface.
Clairefontaine products sold in the United States include its famous notebooks and pads, Pollen and Triomphe stationery, and art paper for painting, pastels and sketching.
Clairefontaine is currently the only European manufacturer making its own paper for its own products. The River Meurthe is the source of water supply for the Vosges mill. The water is so clean when it leaves the facility; local people can fish, swim, and boat downstream within sight of the mill.
Audio History of Clairefontaine
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