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.
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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In 1944, Pierre Marchant and Lucien Olivier, two members of the French resistance from La Madeleine, were killed near Hill 60 (Ypres) by Germans.
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
Schools in the commune:
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]