La Madeleine, Nord

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

La Madeleine
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of La Madeleine
La Madeleine
La Madeleine
Coordinates: 50°39′21″N 3°04′16″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonLille-1
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sébastien Leprêtre[1]
Area
1
2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
21,173
 • Density7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59368 /59110
Elevation16–38 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.

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

Heraldry
Arms of La Madeleine
 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.)

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[3]
  • Public elementary schools: Victor Hugo, Louise de Bettignies, Kléber, and Edmond Rostand[3]
  • Private preschools and elementary schools: Institution Jeanne d’Arc and Ecole Sainte-Geneviève[3]
  • One public junior high school, Collège Flandre[4]
  • One private junior high school, Collège privé Saint-Jean[4]
  • One public senior high school, Lycée Valentine Labbé[4]

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.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. "Maternelles et élémentaires ." La Madeleine, Nord. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  4. "Etablissements secondaires ." La Madeleine, Nord. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  5. "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"


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