arrondissement of Dunkirk

Arrondissement of Dunkirk
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Cantons	16
Communes	115
Subprefecture	Dunkirk
Statistics
Land area¹	1,443 km²
Population
- 1999	379,702
- Density	263/km²
Location
Location of Dunkirk in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers.

The arrondissement of Dunkirk is an arrondissement of France, located in the Nord department, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. It has 16 cantons and 115 communes.

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Dunkirk (Dutch or Flemish: Duinkerken) are:

Bailleul-Nord-Est
Bailleul-Sud-Ouest
Bergues
Bourbourg
Cassel
Coudekerque-Branche
Dunkerque-Est
Dunkerque-Ouest
Grande-Synthe
Gravelines
Hazebrouck-Nord
Hazebrouck-Sud
Hondschoote
Merville
Steenvoorde
Wormhout

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Dunkirk, and their INSEE codes, are:

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)

External links

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

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