La Madeleine, Nord

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.

Sable, an eagle argent, beaked and membered Or.

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

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.

Arms of La Madeleine
Arms of La Madeleine