Arrondissement of Dunkirk

Arrondissement of Dunkirk
Location of Dunkirk in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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.

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)

External links

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