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 ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
of
Dunkirk. It is located in the
Nord department, in the
Hauts-de-France region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...
, northern
France
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. It was created in October 1968.
[CU de Dunkerque (N° SIREN : 245900428)]
BANATIC. Accessed 5 April 2022. Its area is 299.9 km
2. 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:
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# Armbouts-Cappel
#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 fo ...
# Bray-Dunes
#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 ...
# Coudekerque-Branche
# Craywick
# Dunkirk
# Ghyvelde
# Grande-Synthe
# Grand-Fort-Philippe
#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 ...
# Leffrinckoucke
# Loon-Plage
# Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa
# Spycker
# Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village
# Zuydcoote
References
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