The Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque () is the ''

communauté urbaine (; French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (). A is composed of a city ( commune) and its independent suburbs (independent communes). The first communautés urba ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

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Dunkirk Dunkirk ( ; ; ; Picard language, Picard: ''Dunkèke''; ; or ) is a major port city in the Departments of France, department of Nord (French department), Nord in northern France. It lies from the Belgium, Belgian border. It has the third-larg ...

. It is located in the Nord department, in the

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, northern

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. It was created in October 1968.CU de Dunkerque (N° SIREN : 245900428)
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 299.9 km². Its population was 195,917 in 2018, of which 86,865 in Dunkirk proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. 5 April 2022.

Composition

The communauté urbaine consists of the following 17 communes:INSEE
/ref> # Armbouts-Cappel # Bourbourg # Bray-Dunes # Cappelle-la-Grande # Coudekerque-Branche # Craywick #

# Ghyvelde # Grande-Synthe # Grand-Fort-Philippe #

Gravelines Gravelines ( , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord departments of France, department in Northern France. It lies at the mouth of the river Aa (France), Aa southwest of Dunkirk, France, Dunkirk. It was form ...

Leffrinckoucke Leffrinckoucke (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. Heraldry Population Twin towns Leffrinckoucke is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: ...

# Loon-Plage # Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa # Spycker # Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village # Zuydcoote

References

Dunkerque Dunkirk ( ; ; ; Picard language, Picard: ''Dunkèke''; ; or ) is a major port city in the Departments of France, department of Nord (French department), Nord in northern France. It lies from the Belgium, Belgian border. It has the third-larg ...

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