La Madeleine

There are several communes and geographical features in France that bear the name La Madeleine:

River

• La Madeleine (river), a river in the Territoire de Belfort département

Communes

In France

• La Madeleine, Manche, a village in Normandy, France
• La Madeleine, Nord, a town in the Nord département, France

Related

• La Madeleine-de-Nonancourt, in the Eure département
• La Madeleine-Villefrouin, in the Loir-et-Cher département
• La Madeleine-Bouvet, in the Orne département
• La Madeleine-sur-Loing, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Cizay-la-Madeleine, a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department
• Collonge-la-Madeleine, a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department

Old communes

• La Madeleine (Nice), an old commune that is now a part of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes département
• La Madeleine (Faycelles), an old commune that is now a part of Faycelles in the Lot département
• La Madeleine (Guérande), an old commune that is now a part of Guérande in the Loire-Atlantique département
• La Madeleine (Laneuville-devant-Nancy), an old commune that is now a part of Laneuveville-devant-Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département

In Canada

• Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, one of two municipalities forming the urban agglomeration of Îles-de-la-Madeleine in Quebec, Canada
• Cap-de-la-Madeleine, a former city in Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St. Lawrence River

Churches

Several French churches are dedicated to Mary Magdalene:

• Église de la Madeleine, a church in Paris
• Église de la Madeleine (Besançon)

Restaurant chains

• La Madeleine (restaurant chain), a U.S.-based restaurant owned by Groupe Le Duff, headed by Louis Le Duff, founder of La Brioche Dorée, one of the largest bakery café chains in Europe

Others

• La Madeleine à la veilleuse (Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, c.1640), a painting by Georges de La Tour
• Abri de la Madeleine, a prehistoric shelter site in Tursac, Dordogne, France
• Boulevard de la Madeleine, one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris, France
• Château de la Madeleine, a castle located in the town of Chevreuse, France, in the département of Yvelines
• Col de la Madeleine, a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie
• HMCS Cap de la Madeleine (K663), a River class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944 to 1945
• Îles-de-la-Madeleine, a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
• Ouvrage de la Madeleine, a former name for Ouvrage Rimplas, a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension

See also

• Madeleine (disambiguation)