Arrondissement of Dunkirk

Arrondissement of Dunkirk
Country France
Region Nord-Pas de Calais
Department Nord
Cantons 16
Communes 115
Subprefecture Dunkirk
Area¹
 • Total 1,443 km2 (557.1 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 379,702
 • Density 263.1/km2 (681.5/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² 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.

It roughly corresponds to the French Westhoek (part of French Flanders), where traditionally French Flemish is spoken.

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Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Dunkirk (Dutch: Duinkerke) are:

  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, 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-Branche (59155)
25. Coudekerque-Village (59154) 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)

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