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'''''La Voix du Nord''''' ({{IPA-fr|la vwa dy nɔʁ|lang}}; lit. ''The Voice of the North'' or ''The Voice of [[Nord (French department)|Nord]]'') is a regional daily [[newspaper]] from the north of [[France]]. Its headquarters are in [[Lille]].<ref name="KiddReynolds2014">{{cite book|author1=William Kidd|author2=Sian Reynolds|title=Contemporary French Cultural Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=45h9AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235|accessdate=22 November 2014|date=1 May 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-4441-6556-2|page=235}}</ref>
'''''La Voix du Nord''''' ({{IPA-fr|la vwa dy nɔʁ|lang}}; {{lit|The Voice of the North}} or 'The Voice of [[Nord (French department)|Nord]]') is a regional daily [[newspaper]] from the north of [[France]]. Its headquarters are in [[Lille]].<ref name="KiddReynolds2014">{{cite book|author1=William Kidd|author2=Sian Reynolds|title=Contemporary French Cultural Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=45h9AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235|access-date=22 November 2014|date=1 May 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-4441-6556-2|page=235}}</ref>


==History and profile==
==History==
''Voix du Nord'' was one of the [[underground newspaper]]s founded in [[German occupation of France during World War II|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 [[Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France|a German military government]] in [[Brussels]].<ref name=Jackson412>{{cite book|author=Julian Jackson|title=France: The Dark Years, 1940–1944|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0-19-820706-9|edition=1st|authorlink=Julian T. Jackson|page=[https://archive.org/details/france00juli/page/412 412]|url=https://archive.org/details/france00juli/page/412}}</ref> The newspaper's tag-line described itself as the "Resistance organ of [[French Flanders]]."<ref name=Jackson412/> The paper is part of the Belgian company, [[Rossel (company)|Rossel group]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Belgian French-language news publishers, authors societies and Google reach partnership agreement|url=https://www.copiepresse.be/images/file/Google/2012_12_12_Copiepresse_press_release_EN.pdf|work=Copie Presse|accessdate=19 February 2015|location=Brussels|date=13 December 2012}}</ref> which also owns the major Belgian newspaper ''[[Le Soir]]'', that bought it from [[Socpresse]] in 2006.
''Voix du Nord'' was one of the [[underground newspapers of the French Resistance]] founded in [[German occupation of France during World War II|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 [[Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France|a German military government]] in [[Brussels]].<ref name=Jackson412>{{cite book|author=Julian Jackson|title=France: The Dark Years, 1940–1944|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0-19-820706-9|edition=1st|author-link=Julian T. Jackson|page=[https://archive.org/details/france00juli/page/412 412]|url=https://archive.org/details/france00juli/page/412}}</ref> The newspaper's tag-line described itself as the "Resistance organ of [[French Flanders]]."<ref name=Jackson412/>


The post-war version of the paper is part of the Belgian company, [[Rossel (company)|Rossel group]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Belgian French-language news publishers, authors societies and Google reach partnership agreement |url=https://www.copiepresse.be/images/file/Google/2012_12_12_Copiepresse_press_release_EN.pdf |work=Copie Presse |access-date=19 February 2015 |location=Brussels |date=13 December 2012}}</ref> which also owns the major Belgian newspaper ''[[Le Soir]]'', which it bought from [[Socpresse]] in 2006.
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''Voix du Nord'' is published in [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]]. The paper sponsors the [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]] bicycle race.

=== Origins in Occupied France ===
[[File:Bondues musee resistance VDN.JPG|thumb|right|The edition of 1 April 1942 at the {{ill|Resistance Museum of Bondues|fr|Musée de la résistance à Bondues|vertical-align=sup}}]]
{{lang|fr|La Voix du Nord}} is a clandestine newspaper that gave rise to a movement of political resistance. The resistance group was called ''Voix du Nord'' ("Voice of the North"—of France, or, "Voice of the ''[[Nord (French department)|Nord]]''{{thin space}}"—a French department). Sixty-five copies of the first issue of the newspaper were printed, dated April 1941. It clearly announced the newspaper's mission statement: {{blockquote|In France no newspaper, no radio, and no man can speak freely in the French language. The only French voices come to us through the radio from London; we are in agreement with them; and we believe: one does not compromise with duty and honor; one does not compromise with evil; one does not collaborate with the enemy.|Source: ''La Voix du Nord'', April 1941<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Region/actualite/Secteur_Region/2011/03/30/article_printemps-1941-automne-1942-le-temps-d.shtml |title=Printemps 1941 - automne 1942 : le temps des fondateurs |trans-title=Spring 1941 - Fall 1942: the time of the founders |first=Jean-Marie |last=Duhamel |year=2011 |publisher=La Voix du Nord }}</ref>{{efn|Mission statement from first issue: "''En France aucune presse, aucune radio, aucun homme ne peut parler librement un langage français. Les seules voix françaises nous viennent par la radio de Londres, avec elles, nous sommes d'accord et nous pensons : on ne transige pas avec le devoir et avec l'honneur ; on ne pactise pas avec le mal ; on ne collabore pas avec l'ennemi.''"}}}}<!--end Quote-->
The newspaper affirmed its support for General de Gaulle and its opposition to the [[Vichy government]]. At the outset, they were two very different men: [[Jules Noutour]], [[Brigadier#France|police brigadier]], trade unionist, and [[socialist]] member of the [[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]] party; joined by {{ill|Natalis Dumez|fr|vertical-align=sup}}, {{clarify span|social [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]]|reason="In the original: '...rejoint par [[Natalis Dumez]], [[église catholique romaine|catholique]] social'.|date=June 2020}}. Dumez was the heart and soul of the editorial staff: she was primarily responsible for the four hundred articles that appeared in the first 39 issues. Noutour was arrested on 8 September 1943 and deported to [[Gross Rosen]], where he died 1 February 1945.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Luc |last1=Rudolph |title=Policemen vs. policemen |location=Paris |publisher=SPE |year=2015 }}</ref>

From the four Roneotyped pages of the first day, the newspaper rapidly grew to six, and then ten pages. Due to the difficulties in obtaining supplies of paper, the page count was later reduced to four pages in February 1943. Circulation was around 900 copies initially, growing to 15000 in January 1943. The paper came out every two weeks through September 1942, and monthly from 1943 on.

The last two issues were published in July and August 1944 under the responsibility of Jules Houcke, who published the first openly distributed issue of "La Voix du Nord" on September 5, 1944. The first page is crossed out, with a headline spanning six columns: "The Northern Region is free. Freedom and independence were purchased at a high price: prison, torture, death camps for more than 530 people, who wrote, printed, and distributed these newspapers."{{efn|From the September 1, 1944 issue: "''La Région du Nord est libre . La liberté et l'indépendance furent payés au prix fort : la prison, la torture, les camps de la mort pour plus de 530 personnes, qui ont écrit, imprimé et diffusé ces journaux.''"{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} }}

=== Modern ===

After the war, the paper was reborn as a hybrid [[Partnership limited by shares|partnership and limited liability company]] "La Voix du Nord - Houcke and Company". They took over the premises of the {{ill|Grand Écho du Nord|fr|vertical-align=sup}}, and as was the habit elsewhere in France, they kept the staff on as well, and it was they who produced the former newspaper of the Resistance. For the original journalists who were actually part of the Resistance and notably the two co-founders who had not yet returned from deportation abroad in February 1945, it was a betrayal by pseudo-Resistance members.<ref>[http://labrique.net/index.php/thematiques/histoires-du-bocal/883-la-voix-du-nord-impostures-arnaques-et-profits La Voix du Nord, impostures, arnaques et profits] &#91;Shams, Scams, and Profits&#93; (labrique.net).</ref> The shares of the new company rose in 1945, the original owners and members were priced out, and it took thirty years of litigation before they achieved success. In the 1950s, the paper started printing various local editions, giving it a regional coverage.

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''Voix du Nord'' is published in [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]]. The paper sponsors the [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]] bicycle race.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}


==Circulation==
==Circulation==

The 1998 circulation of ''Voix du Nord'' was 323,000 copies.<ref name=KiddReynolds2014/> It was 332,000 copies in 2000<ref>{{cite news|title=Top 100 dailies 2000|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/49276/|accessdate=2 March 2015|work=campaign|date=16 November 2001}}</ref> and 320,000 copies in 2001.<ref name=adsm>{{cite news|author=Adam Smith|title=Europe's Top Papers|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/164161/|accessdate=7 February 2015|work=Campaign|date=15 November 2002}}</ref> The circulation of the paper was 307,191 copies in 2002.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Media Markets and Newspapers|journal=SFN Flash|date=7 January 2004|volume=7|issue=1|url=http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/04Q_03_SFN_Flash_FullText-2.pdf|accessdate=17 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824141157/http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/04Q_03_SFN_Flash_FullText-2.pdf|archive-date=24 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The paper had a circulation of 315,000 copies in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|work=World Association of Newspapers|accessdate=15 February 2015|location=Paris|date=2004}}</ref> Its 2014 circulation was 231,066 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=La Voix du Nord|url=http://www.ojd.com/Support/la-voix-du-nord|work=OJD|accessdate=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133924/http://www.ojd.com/Support/la-voix-du-nord|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Circulation
|-
| '''1998'''|| 323,000<ref name=KiddReynolds2014/>
|-
| '''2000'''|| 332,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Top 100 dailies 2000|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/49276/|access-date=2 March 2015|work=campaign|date=16 November 2001}}</ref>
|-
| '''2001'''|| 320,000<ref name=adsm>{{cite news|author=Adam Smith|title=Europe's Top Papers|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/164161/|access-date=7 February 2015|work=Campaign|date=15 November 2002}}</ref>
|-
| '''2002'''|| 307,191<ref>{{cite journal|title=Media Markets and Newspapers|journal=SFN Flash|date=7 January 2004|volume=7|issue=1|url=http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/04Q_03_SFN_Flash_FullText-2.pdf|access-date=17 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824141157/http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/04Q_03_SFN_Flash_FullText-2.pdf|archive-date=24 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| '''2003'''|| 315,000<ref>{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|work=World Association of Newspapers|access-date=15 February 2015|location=Paris|date=2004}}</ref>
|-
| '''2014'''|| 231,066<ref>{{cite web|title=La Voix du Nord|url=http://www.ojd.com/Support/la-voix-du-nord|work=OJD|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133924/http://www.ojd.com/Support/la-voix-du-nord|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|'''2015'''
|226,214
|-
|'''2016'''
|214,542
|-
|'''2017'''
|209,203
|-
|'''2018'''
|204,219
|-
|'''2019'''
|207,861
|-
|'''2020'''
|199,713
|-
|'''2021'''
|193,018<ref>{{cite web | website = acpm.fr | date = 2022 | title = L'observatoire de la presse et des médias de L'APCM 2022 | url = https://www.acpm.fr/Media/Files/Plaquette-Observatoire-2022}}</ref>
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
;Notes
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;Citations
{{Reflist}}
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==Further reading==
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==External links==
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For the music album, see La Voix du Nord (album).
La Voix du Nord
TypeRegional daily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Rossel Group
Founded1941; 83 years ago (1941)
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersLille
Circulation199,713 (as of 2020)
Websitewww.lavoixdunord.fr

La Voix du Nord (French: [la vwa dy nɔʁ]; lit. 'The Voice of the North' or 'The Voice of Nord') is a regional daily newspaper from the north of France. Its headquarters are in Lille.[1]

History[edit]

Voix du Nord was one of the underground newspapers of the French Resistance 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.[2] The newspaper's tag-line described itself as the "Resistance organ of French Flanders."[2]

The post-war version of the paper is part of the Belgian company, Rossel group,[3] which also owns the major Belgian newspaper Le Soir, which it bought from Socpresse in 2006.

Origins in Occupied France[edit]

The edition of 1 April 1942 at the Resistance Museum of Bondues [fr]

La Voix du Nord is a clandestine newspaper that gave rise to a movement of political resistance. The resistance group was called Voix du Nord ("Voice of the North"—of France, or, "Voice of the Nord "—a French department). Sixty-five copies of the first issue of the newspaper were printed, dated April 1941. It clearly announced the newspaper's mission statement:

In France no newspaper, no radio, and no man can speak freely in the French language. The only French voices come to us through the radio from London; we are in agreement with them; and we believe: one does not compromise with duty and honor; one does not compromise with evil; one does not collaborate with the enemy.

— Source: La Voix du Nord, April 1941[4][a]

The newspaper affirmed its support for General de Gaulle and its opposition to the Vichy government. At the outset, they were two very different men: Jules Noutour, police brigadier, trade unionist, and socialist member of the SFIO party; joined by Natalis Dumez [fr], social Catholic[clarify]. Dumez was the heart and soul of the editorial staff: she was primarily responsible for the four hundred articles that appeared in the first 39 issues. Noutour was arrested on 8 September 1943 and deported to Gross Rosen, where he died 1 February 1945.[5]

From the four Roneotyped pages of the first day, the newspaper rapidly grew to six, and then ten pages. Due to the difficulties in obtaining supplies of paper, the page count was later reduced to four pages in February 1943. Circulation was around 900 copies initially, growing to 15000 in January 1943. The paper came out every two weeks through September 1942, and monthly from 1943 on.

The last two issues were published in July and August 1944 under the responsibility of Jules Houcke, who published the first openly distributed issue of "La Voix du Nord" on September 5, 1944. The first page is crossed out, with a headline spanning six columns: "The Northern Region is free. Freedom and independence were purchased at a high price: prison, torture, death camps for more than 530 people, who wrote, printed, and distributed these newspapers."[b]

Modern[edit]

After the war, the paper was reborn as a hybrid partnership and limited liability company "La Voix du Nord - Houcke and Company". They took over the premises of the Grand Écho du Nord [fr], and as was the habit elsewhere in France, they kept the staff on as well, and it was they who produced the former newspaper of the Resistance. For the original journalists who were actually part of the Resistance and notably the two co-founders who had not yet returned from deportation abroad in February 1945, it was a betrayal by pseudo-Resistance members.[6] The shares of the new company rose in 1945, the original owners and members were priced out, and it took thirty years of litigation before they achieved success. In the 1950s, the paper started printing various local editions, giving it a regional coverage.

Voix du Nord is published in tabloid. The paper sponsors the Grand Prix de Fourmies bicycle race.[citation needed]

Circulation[edit]

Year Circulation
1998 323,000[1]
2000 332,000[7]
2001 320,000[8]
2002 307,191[9]
2003 315,000[10]
2014 231,066[11]
2015 226,214
2016 214,542
2017 209,203
2018 204,219
2019 207,861
2020 199,713
2021 193,018[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ Mission statement from first issue: "En France aucune presse, aucune radio, aucun homme ne peut parler librement un langage français. Les seules voix françaises nous viennent par la radio de Londres, avec elles, nous sommes d'accord et nous pensons : on ne transige pas avec le devoir et avec l'honneur ; on ne pactise pas avec le mal ; on ne collabore pas avec l'ennemi."
  2. ^ From the September 1, 1944 issue: "La Région du Nord est libre . La liberté et l'indépendance furent payés au prix fort : la prison, la torture, les camps de la mort pour plus de 530 personnes, qui ont écrit, imprimé et diffusé ces journaux."[citation needed]
Citations
  1. ^ a b William Kidd; Sian Reynolds (1 May 2014). Contemporary French Cultural Studies. Routledge. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-4441-6556-2. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b Julian Jackson (2001). France: The Dark Years, 1940–1944 (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 412. ISBN 0-19-820706-9.
  3. ^ "Belgian French-language news publishers, authors societies and Google reach partnership agreement" (PDF). Copie Presse. Brussels. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. ^ Duhamel, Jean-Marie (2011). "Printemps 1941 - automne 1942 : le temps des fondateurs" [Spring 1941 - Fall 1942: the time of the founders]. La Voix du Nord.
  5. ^ Rudolph, Luc (2015). Policemen vs. policemen. Paris: SPE.
  6. ^ La Voix du Nord, impostures, arnaques et profits [Shams, Scams, and Profits] (labrique.net).
  7. ^ "Top 100 dailies 2000". campaign. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ^ Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". Campaign. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Media Markets and Newspapers" (PDF). SFN Flash. 7 (1). 7 January 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  10. ^ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  11. ^ "La Voix du Nord". OJD. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  12. ^ "L'observatoire de la presse et des médias de L'APCM 2022". acpm.fr. 2022.

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]

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