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La Madeleine, Nord

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Nord

Intercommunality
  
Lille Métropole

Area
  
2.84 km²

Arrondissement
  
Lille

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Lille-Nord

Population (1999)
  
22,399

Local time
  
Friday 6:54 AM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 96% Humidity

La Madeleine is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Map of La Madeleine, France

It is a suburb of the city of Lille, bordering it on its north side.

History

In 1944, Pierre Marchant and Lucien Olivier, two members of the French resistance from La Madeleine, were killed near Hill 60 (Ypres) by Germans.

Education

Schools in the commune:

  • Public preschools (écoles maternelles): Anne Frank, Courbet, d'Hallendre, du Moulin - Alphonse Daudet, and Gaston Leclercq
  • Public elementary schools: Victor Hugo, Louise de Bettignies, Kléber, and Edmond Rostand
  • Private preschools and elementary schools: Institution Jeanne d’Arc and Ecole Sainte-Geneviève
  • One public junior high school, Collège Flandre
  • One private junior high school, Collège privé Saint-Jean
  • One public senior high school, Lycée Valentine Labbé

    • 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.

    References

    La Madeleine, Nord Wikipedia
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