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 [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.418056,-1.176389&spn=0.01,0.01&q=49.418056,-1.176389] 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

ee also

* Madeleine (disambiguation page)