La Voix du Nord (daily)

La Voix du Nord (French; lit. The Voice of the North or The Voice of the Nord) is a regional daily newspaper from the north of France. Its headquarters are in Lille.

History and profile

Voix du Nord was one of the underground newspapers founded in German-occupied France during World War II. The paper first appeared in Lille in April 1941 at a time when the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais was being ruled by a German military government in Brussels. The newspaper's tag-line described itself as the "Resistance organ of French Flanders." The paper is part of the Belgian company, Rossel group, which also owns the major Belgian newspaper Le Soir, that bought it from Socpresse in 2006.

Voix du Nord is published in broadsheet format. The paper sponsors the Grand Prix de Fourmies bicycle race.

Circulation

The 1998 circulation of Voix du Nord was 323,000 copies. It was 332,000 copies in 2000 and 320,000 copies in 2001. The circulation of the paper was 307,191 copies in 2002. The paper had a circulation of 315,000 copies in 2003. Its 2014 circualtion was 231,066 copies.

La Voix du Nord

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La Voix du Nord (album)

La Voix Du Nord (The Voice of the North) is a double disc album by Malena Ernman, who represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The first CD contains 11 pop songs including "La voix", which was Ernman's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, and the second CD contains 11 arias. The album was released on July 1, 2009 in Sweden. It debuted at #1 on the official album chart and was certified Gold in its first week and eventually was certified Platinum in September 2009.

Track listing

Disc One