La Madeleine

There are several communes and geographical features in France that bear the name La Madeleine:

River

• Madeleine River, in the Territoire de Belfort département

Communes

• La Madeleine, in the Nord département

Related

• La Madeleine, Normandy, a village in North-western France which was one anchor point of the Utah Beach landings[1] on the Dday invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europa, 6 June 1944. Geographically, the village was the edge of the allied right flank along the left bank of the river Douve estuary.
• La Madeleine-de-Nonancourt, in the Eure département
• La Madeleine-Villefrouin, in the Loir-et-Cher département
• La Madeleine-Bouvet, in the Orne département
• La Madeleine-sur-Loing, in the Seine-et-Marne département

Old communes

• La Madeleine, an old commune that is now a part of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes département
• La Madeleine, an old commune that is now a part of Faycelles in the Lot département
• La Madeleine, an old commune that is now a part of Guérande in the Loire-Atlantique département
• La Madeleine, an old commune that is now a part of Laneuveville-devant-Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département

Churches

Several French churches are dedicated to Mary Magdalene:

• Église de la Madeleine, Paris.

Restaurant chains

• La Madeleine, a U.S.-based restaurant owned by Groupe Le Duff, headed by Louis Le Duff, founder of La Brioche Dorée, one of the largest bakery café chains in Europe

See also

• Madeleine (disambiguation page)