La Bassée (French pronunciation: [la bas'e]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

La Bassée was the birthplace of the painter and draftsman Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845).

[6] Another native was Ignace François Broutin (c. 1690–1751), a colonial officer, surveyor, architect and engineer in Louisiana (New France).

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