''BN DeStem'' is a regional Dutch

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. It focuses on the Western part of

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

and Zeeland, and originated in 1998 through the merger of the ''Brabants Nieuwsblad'' (located in Roosendaal) and ''De Stem'' (located in Breda). The circulation is 114,479 copies (2009). A recent

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was Johan van Uffelen (20012015). ''BN DeStem'' covers the western part of

. The newspapers '' Brabants Dagblad'' (in the east) and '' Eindhovens Dagblad'' (in the southeast) cover the other parts of the province. These title do not compete. On February 6, 2007, the newspaper switched to a

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format. ''BN DeStem'' exists in several editions and is distributed in the regions

Breda Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...

Etten-Leur Etten-Leur () is a municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant. Its name is a combination of the two villages from which the municipality originally acrose: Etten and Leur. History The villages were always part of one municipality, originally ...

Oosterhout Oosterhout (; from ''ooster'', "eastern", and ''hout'', "woods") is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in . Population centers The municipality of Oosterhout includes the following pla ...

, Bergen op Zoom, Roosendaal,

Moerdijk Moerdijk () is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. History The municipality of Moerdijk was founded in 1997 following the merger of the municipalities of Fijnaart en Heijningen, Klundert ...

, and Zeeland.

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* {{Dutch newspapers 1998 establishments in the Netherlands Daily newspapers published in the Netherlands Dutch-language newspapers Mass media in North Brabant Mass media in Zeeland