Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite () is a
commune in the
Oise
Oise ( ; ; ) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.< ...
department in northern
France
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.
Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite is situated between
Paris
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and
Lille
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in the region of
Hauts-de-France
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, 100 km from
Paris
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, 80 km from
Amiens
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, and 145 km from
Lille
Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...
.
Population
The residents of the commune are called ''Élincourtois''.
Personalities
Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite was the birthplace of:
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Abel Lefranc
Maurice Jules Abel Lefranc (27 July 1863 – 26 November 1952) was a historian of French literature, expert on Rabelais, and the principal advocate of the Derbyite theory of Shakespeare authorship.
Early life
Lefranc was born in Élincourt-S ...
(1863-1952),
historian
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of French literature, expert on
Rabelais.
See also
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Communes of the Oise department
The following is a list of the 680 Communes of France, communes of the Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Oise
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