The Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque ( en, Dunkirk Urban Community) is the ''
communauté urbaine
Communauté urbaine (French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (french: link=no, métropole). A ''communauté urbaine'' is composed of a city ( commune) and its indep ...
city
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Dunkirk
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Nord
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department
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, in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
region
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, northern
France
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The communauté urbaine consists of the following 17 communes:INSEE /ref>
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Armbouts-Cappel
Armbouts-Cappel (; from nl, Armboutskappel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is 7 kilometers south of the centre of Dunkirk.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
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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 ...
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Bray-Dunes
Bray-Dunes (; vls, Bray-Duunn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated on the Belgian border, with Adinkerke being the closest Belgian town. It is the northernmost commune and the northernmost point in all of Fran ...
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Cappelle-la-Grande
Cappelle-la-Grande (; nl, Kapelle) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is very close to Dunkirk.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
*Cappelle-la-Grande Open
The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is ...
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Coudekerque-Branche
Coudekerque-Branche (; nl, Nieuw-Koudekerke, ; vls, Nieuw-Koukerke; vls, label=French Flemish, Nieuwe-Koudekerke; ) is a commune and town in the French department of Nord, Hauts-de-France, northern France.
It is the largest suburb of Dunkir ...
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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
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Dunkirk
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Ghyvelde
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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 ...
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 ...
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Leffrinckoucke
Leffrinckoucke (; nl, Leffrinkhoeke; vls, Leffrinkoeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
Population
Twin towns
Leffrinckoucke is twinned with:
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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.
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Spycker
Spycker (; nl, Spijker, ; vls, Spyker) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
History
Spycker was liberated by soldiers of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in September 1944.O'Keefe, David R. "With Blinders ...
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Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village
Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village (; nl, Tetegem-Koudekerke-Dorp; vls, Tetegem-Koukerke) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department of northern France. The municipality was established on ...
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Zuydcoote
Zuydcoote (West Flemish and nl, Zuidkote) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France.
Heraldry
Population
Gallery
Zuydcoote - Eglise Saint-Nicolas 2.jpg, Sai ...
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Dunkerque
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Dunkerque
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.