La Madeleine, Nord
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Location of La Madeleine  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°39′21″N 3°04′16″E / 50.6558°N 3.071°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Lille-1 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sébastien Leprêtre[1] |
| Area 1 | 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 22,488 |
| • Density | 7,900/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59368 /59110 |
| Elevation | 16–38 m (52–125 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Madeleine (French pronunciation: [la madlɛn]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
It is a suburb of the city of Lille, bordering it on its north side.
Heraldry
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The arms of La Madeleine are blazoned : Sable, an eagle argent, beaked and membered Or. (La Madeleine and Pont-à-Marcq use the same arms.)
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History
[edit]In 1944, Pierre Marchant and Lucien Olivier, two members of the French resistance from La Madeleine, were killed near Hill 60 (Ypres) by Germans.
Population
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Education
[edit]Schools in the commune:
- Public preschools (écoles maternelles): Anne Frank, Courbet, d'Hallendre, du Moulin - Alphonse Daudet, and Gaston Leclercq[6]
- Public elementary schools: Victor Hugo, Louise de Bettignies, Kléber, and Edmond Rostand[6]
- Private preschools and elementary schools: Institution Jeanne d’Arc and Ecole Sainte-Geneviève[6]
- One public junior high school, Collège Flandre[7]
- One private junior high school, Collège privé Saint-Jean[7]
- One public senior high school, Lycée Valentine Labbé[7]
The École Japonaise du Nord-Pas-de-Calais (ノール＝パ・ド・カレー日本人学校 Nōsu Pa do Karē Nihonjin Gakkō), a part-time Japanese supplementary school, is held in La Madeleine.[8]
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Madeleine, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ a b c "Maternelles et élémentaires ." La Madeleine, Nord. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Etablissements secondaires ." La Madeleine, Nord. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
- ^ "欧州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (Archive). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Retrieved on May 10, 2014. "Ecole Japonaise du Nord-Pas de Calais 116,45 Rue du Maréchal Foch, 59110 La Madeleine FRANCE"
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Madeleine, Nord.
- Official website (in French)
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