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of Grande-Synthe is an administrative division of the

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. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in

Grande-Synthe Grande-Synthe (; vls, Groot-Sinten) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (département), Nord Departments of France, department in the Nord-Pas de Calais Regions of France, region in northern France. It is the third-largest suburb of t ...

. It consists of the following communes: #

Bourbourg Bourbourg (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated in the maritime plain of northern France, in the middle of a triangle formed by Dunkirk, Calais, and Saint-Omer. Population In 1945 Bourbourg absorbed the for ...

Brouckerque Brouckerque (; from meaning "marsh church") is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the ...

Cappelle-Brouck Cappelle-Brouck (; from Dutch meaning "chapel marsh"; ''Kapellebroek'' in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 comm ...

Craywick Craywick (; French Flemish: Craeywyck and Dutch: Kraaiwijk) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry One of the very few places in France with an English name. Gallery See also *Communes of the Nord department The fo ...

Drincham Drincham (; from Flemish; ''Drinkam'' in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Drincham is about south of Dunkirk. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 ...

Dunkirk Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Grande-Synthe Grande-Synthe (; vls, Groot-Sinten) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (département), Nord Departments of France, department in the Nord-Pas de Calais Regions of France, region in northern France. It is the third-largest suburb of t ...

Grand-Fort-Philippe Grand-Fort-Philippe (; nl, Groot-Fort-Filips) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. History The commune of Grand-Fort-Philippe was created in 1884, but the town had existed for a long time before that. Heraldry Demography ...

Gravelines Gravelines (, ; ; ) is a commune in the Nord department in Northern France. It lies at the mouth of the river Aa southwest of Dunkirk. It was formed in the 12th century around the mouth of a canal built to connect Saint-Omer with the sea. As ...

Looberghe Looberghe (; from Flemish; ''Loberge'' in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department ...

Loon-Plage Loon-Plage (; nl, Loon) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. ...

Pitgam Pitgam () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the ...

Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa (, literally ''Saint-Georges on the Aa''; nl, Sint-Joris-aan-de-Aa) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the ...

Saint-Pierre-Brouck Saint-Pierre-Brouck (; from Dutch ''Sint-Pietersbroek'', meaning "Saint-Peter marsh"; vls, Sint-Pieters-Broek) ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a ...

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