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Encyclopedia > Arrondissement of Dunkirk
Arrondissement of Dunkirk
Country Flag of France France
Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Département Nord
Cantons 16
Communes 115
Sous-préfecture Dunkirk (Dunkerque)
Population without
double counting		 379,702
1999
Area 1,443 km2
Population density 263 inhab./km2

The arrondissement of Dunkirk (French Dunkerque) is an arrondissement of France, located in the Nord département, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région. It has 16 cantons and 115 communes. Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... Capital Lille Area 12,414 km² Regional President Daniel Percheron ( PS) (since 2001) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 4th) 4,026,000 3,996,588 324/km² (2004) Arrondissements 13 Cantons 156 Communes 1,546 Départements Nord Pas-de-Calais The administrative region of Nord-Pas-de... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Extent of Flemish in the Arrondissement of Dunkirk, 1874 and 1972 Nord (French: North) is a département in the north of France. ... The canton is an administrative division of France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ... Location of Dunkirk in the arrondissement of Dunkirk Location within France Dunkirks seafront Map of Dunkirk courtesy of the Calgary Highlanders. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... Extent of Flemish in the Arrondissement of Dunkirk, 1874 and 1972 Nord (French: North) is a département in the north of France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Capital Lille Area 12,414 km² Regional President Daniel Percheron ( PS) (since 2001) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 4th) 4,026,000 3,996,588 324/km² (2004) Arrondissements 13 Cantons 156 Communes 1,546 Départements Nord Pas-de-Calais The administrative region of Nord-Pas-de... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common...

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Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Dunkirk are: The canton is an administrative division of France. ...

  1. Bailleul-Nord-Est
  2. Bailleul-Sud-Ouest
  3. Bergues
  4. Bourbourg
  5. Cassel
  6. Coudekerque-Branche
  7. Dunkerque-Est
  8. Dunkerque-Ouest
  9. Grande-Synthe
  10. Gravelines
  11. Hazebrouck-Nord
  12. Hazebrouck-Sud
  13. Hondschoote
  14. Merville
  15. Steenvoorde
  16. Wormhout

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Dunkirk are: The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...

1. Armbouts-Cappel (59016) 2. Arnèke (59018) 3. Bailleul (59043) 4. Bambecque (59046)
5. Bavinchove (59054) 6. Bergues (59067) 7. Berthen (59073) 8. Bierne (59082)
9. Bissezeele (59083) 10. Blaringhem (59084) 11. Boeschepe (59086) 12. Bollezeele (59089)
13. Borre (59091) 14. Bourbourg (59094) 15. Boëseghem (59087) 16. Bray-Dunes (59107)
17. Brouckerque (59110) 18. Broxeele (59111) 19. Buysscheure (59119) 20. Cappelle-Brouck (59130)
21. Cappelle-la-Grande (59131) 22. Cassel (59135) 23. Caëstre (59120) 24. Coudekerque (59154)
25. Coudekerque-Branche (59155) 26. Craywick (59159) 27. Crochte (59162) 28. Drincham (59182)
29. Dunkerque (59183) 30. Ebblinghem (59184) 31. Eecke (59189) 32. Eringhem (59200)
33. Esquelbecq (59210) 34. Estaires (59212) 35. Flêtre (59237) 36. Fort-Mardyck (59248)
37. Ghyvelde (59260) 38. Godewaersvelde (59262) 39. Grand-Fort-Philippe (59272) 40. Grande-Synthe (59271)
41. Gravelines (59273) 42. Hardifort (59282) 43. Haverskerque (59293) 44. Hazebrouck (59295)
45. Herzeele (59305) 46. Holque (59307) 47. Hondeghem (59308) 48. Hondschoote (59309)
49. Houtkerque (59318) 50. Hoymille (59319) 51. Killem (59326) 52. La Gorgue (59268)
53. Le Doulieu (59180) 54. Lederzeele (59337) 55. Ledringhem (59338) 56. Leffrinckoucke (59340)
57. Les Moëres (59404) 58. Looberghe (59358) 59. Loon-Plage (59359) 60. Lynde (59366)
61. Merckeghem (59397) 62. Merris (59399) 63. Merville (59400) 64. Millam (59402)
65. Morbecque (59416) 66. Méteren (59401) 67. Neuf-Berquin (59423) 68. Nieppe (59431)
69. Nieurlet (59433) 70. Noordpeene (59436) 71. Ochtezeele (59443) 72. Oost-Cappel (59448)
73. Oudezeele (59453) 74. Oxelaëre (59454) 75. Pitgam (59463) 76. Pradelles (59469)
77. Quaëdypre (59478) 78. Renescure (59497) 79. Rexpoëde (59499) 80. Rubrouck (59516)
81. Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa (59532) 82. Saint-Jans-Cappel (59535) 83. Saint-Momelin (59538) 84. Saint-Pierre-Brouck (59539)
85. Saint-Pol-sur-Mer (59540) 86. Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel (59546) 87. Sainte-Marie-Cappel (59536) 88. Sercus (59568)
89. Socx (59570) 90. Spycker (59576) 91. Staple (59577) 92. Steenbecque (59578)
93. Steene (59579) 94. Steenvoorde (59580) 95. Steenwerck (59581) 96. Strazeele (59582)
97. Terdeghem (59587) 98. Thiennes (59590) 99. Téteghem (59588) 100. Uxem (59605)
101. Vieux-Berquin (59615) 102. Volckerinckhove (59628) 103. Wallon-Cappel (59634) 104. Warhem (59641)
105. Watten (59647) 106. Wemaers-Cappel (59655) 107. West-Cappel (59657) 108. Winnezeele (59662)
109. Wormhout (59663) 110. Wulverdinghe (59664) 111. Wylder (59665) 112. Zegerscappel (59666)
113. Zermezeele (59667) 114. Zuydcoote (59668) 115. Zuytpeene (59669)

There are communes that have the name Bailleul in France: Bailleul, in the Nord département Bailleul, in the Orne département Bailleul, in the Somme département Related Bailleul-aux-Cornailles, in the Pas_de_Calais département Bailleul_la_Vallée, in the Eure département Bailleul-le-Soc, in the Oise département Bailleul-lès-Pernes, in the... Location of Bergues in the arrondissement of Dunkirk Bergues is a commune of the Nord département, in France. ... Borre may refer to: The former name of Horten, a town and municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway, located along the Oslofjord. ... Location of Bourbourg in the arrondissement of Dunkirk Bourbourg is situated in the maritime plain of northern France, at the heart of a triangle formed by Dunkirk, Calais and St Omer. ... Bray-Dunes is a French village in Picardy, the site of many casualties during World War II. Guardsman John Edward Harrison died at Bray-Dunes 01 June 1940. ... Cassel is a town in the Nord France. ... Location within France Dunkirk ( French: Dunkerque; Dutch: Duinkerke) is a harbour city and a commune in the northernmost part of France, in the département of Nord, 10 km from the Belgian border. ... Ghyvelde is a commune of the Nord département, in France. ... Grande-Synthe is a commune of the Nord département in northern France. ... Canal of Gravelines, Georges Seurat, 1890. ... Hazebrouck en Flandre Hazebrouck is a commune of the Nord département, in northern France. ... Hondschoote is a commune of the Nord département, in northern France. ... Merville is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Merville, in the Haute-Garonne département Merville, in the Nord département Merville-Franceville-Plage, in the Calvados département This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Roubrouck is a village on the river Yser in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (département Nord), France. ... Staple has several meanings: a staple is a formed metal fastener used to secure sheets of material or wires a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet is a Staple food staple is the raw material, or its length and quality, of fibre from which textiles are made... Watten is a commune of the Nord département, in northern France. ...

See also

The following is a list of the 79 cantons of the Nord département, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe (12 cantons) : Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord - Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud - Bavay - Berlaimont - Hautmont - Landrecies - Maubeuge-Nord - Maubeuge-Sud - Le Quesnoy-Est - Le Quesnoy-Ouest - Solre-le... The following is a list of the 652 communes du Nord département of France: (CUDL) Communauté urbaine de Lille Métropole (C.U.D.L.), created in 1966. ...

External links

  • Dunkirk on French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies site (INSEE, in French)

 

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