Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite is a small village in northern France

France

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. It is designated municipally as a commune

Communes of France

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 within the département of Oise

Oise

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.

Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite is situated between Paris

Paris

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 and Lille

Lille

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 in the region of Picardy

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, 100 km from Paris

Paris

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, 80 km from Amiens

Amiens

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, and 145 km from Lille

Lille

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. The residents of the commune are called Élincourtois.

Notable people

Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite was the birthplace of:

• Abel Lefranc
  Abel Lefranc
  Maurice Jules Abel Lefranc , 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-Sainte-Marguerite...
  
   (1863-1952), historian
  Historian
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   of French literature, expert on Rabelais.