La Madeleine
La Madeleine may refer to:
River
- La Madeleine (river), a river in the Territoire de Belfort département
Communes
In France
- La Madeleine, Manche, a village in Normandy, France
- La Madeleine, Nord, a town in the Nord département, France
Related
- 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
- Cizay-la-Madeleine, a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department
- Collonge-la-Madeleine, a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department
Old communes
- La Madeleine (Nice), an old commune that is now a part of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes département
- La Madeleine (Faycelles), an old commune that is now a part of Faycelles in the Lot département
- La Madeleine (Guérande), an old commune that is now a part of Guérande in the Loire-Atlantique département
- La Madeleine (Laneuville-devant-Nancy), an old commune that is now a part of Laneuveville-devant-Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département
In Canada
- The Magdalen Islands (French: Les Îles de la Madeleine), an archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
- The urban agglomeration of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, one of two municipalities forming the urban agglomeration of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine in Quebec, Canada (the other is Grosse-Île)
- Cap-de-la-Madeleine, a former city in Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St. Lawrence River
Churches
Several French churches are dedicated to Mary Magdalene:
- Église de la Madeleine, a church in Paris
- Église de la Madeleine (Besançon)
Restaurant chains
- La Madeleine (restaurant chain), 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
Others
- La Madeleine à la veilleuse (Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, c.1640), a painting by Georges de La Tour
- Abri de la Madeleine, a prehistoric shelter site in Tursac, Dordogne, France
- Boulevard de la Madeleine, one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris, France
- Château de la Madeleine, a castle located in the town of Chevreuse, France, in the département of Yvelines
- Col de la Madeleine, a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie
- HMCS Cap de la Madeleine (K663), a River class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944 to 1945
- Îles-de-la-Madeleine, a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
- Ouvrage de la Madeleine, a former name for Ouvrage Rimplas, a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension
See also
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