A connector (11, 61) adapted to be mounted on a flexible substrate (21, 71, 81) having a front surface and a rear surface opposite with each other and having a flexible conductor exposed on the front surface, comprising: a base member (14, 64) having a first surface facing the rear surface of the flexible substrate and a projection formed to project from the first surface; and a contact (13, 53, 63) which is made of a conductive material and has a second surface (13C, 53C) facing the flexible conductor exposed on the front surface of the flexible substrate, and a projection accommodating portion (13D, 53D) in recess form disposed in the second surface, wherein the first surface of the base member (14, 64) comes into contact with the rear surface of the flexible substrate (21, 71, 81) and the second surface (13C, 53C) of the contact (13, 53, 63) comes into contact with the front surface of the flexible substrate, the contact is fixed to the base member in a state where the projection of the base member is inserted into the projection accommodating portion (13D, 53D) of the contact with the flexible substrate being sandwiched therebetween so that the projection of the base member is covered by the flexible substrate, and an inner peripheral surface of the projection accommodating portion comes into contact with the flexible conductor of the flexible substrate in a direction parallel to the second surface to electrically connect the contact (13, 53, 63) to the flexible conductor. characterized in that the contact (13, 53, 63) has a tubular portion (13A, 53A) and a flange (13B, 53B) formed at one end of the tubular portion, and the second surface (13C, 53C) is formed by the flange and the projection accommodating portion (13D, 53D) is formed within the tubular portion so as to open toward the second surface. a base member (14, 64) having a first surface facing the rear surface of the flexible substrate and a projection formed to project from the first surface; and a contact (13, 53, 63) which is made of a conductive material and has a second surface (13C, 53C) facing the flexible conductor exposed on the front surface of the flexible substrate, and a projection accommodating portion (13D, 53D) in recess form disposed in the second surface, wherein the first surface of the base member (14, 64) comes into contact with the rear surface of the flexible substrate (21, 71, 81) and the second surface (13C, 53C) of the contact (13, 53, 63) comes into contact with the front surface of the flexible substrate, the contact is fixed to the base member in a state where the projection of the base member is inserted into the projection accommodating portion (13D, 53D) of the contact with the flexible substrate being sandwiched therebetween so that the projection of the base member is covered by the flexible substrate, and an inner peripheral surface of the projection accommodating portion comes into contact with the flexible conductor of the flexible substrate in a direction parallel to the second surface to electrically connect the contact (13, 53, 63) to the flexible conductor. characterized in that the contact (13, 53, 63) has a tubular portion (13A, 53A) and a flange (13B, 53B) formed at one end of the tubular portion, and the second surface (13C, 53C) is formed by the flange and the projection accommodating portion (13D, 53D) is formed within the tubular portion so as to open toward the second surface.