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Grande-Synthe (; vls, Groot-Sinten) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Nord department in the
Nord-Pas de Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-C ...
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 ...
in northern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.INSEE commune file
/ref> It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Dunkerque (Dunkirk) and lies adjacent to it on the west.


History

In 1980, a large part of
Petite-Synthe Petite-Synthe (; vls, Klein-Sinten, lang) is a former commune of the Nord ''département'' in northern France. The commune of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer was created in 1877, by its territory being detached from Petite-Synthe. In 1971 the commune of Dunker ...
was detached from Dunkerque and included in Grande-Synthe.


Heraldry


Population


Politics


Presidential Elections 2nd Round


International relations

Grande-Synthe is twinned with: *
Suwałki Suwałki ( lt, Suvalkai; yi, סואוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021). It is the capital of Suwałki County and one of the most important centers of commerce in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Suwałki ...
in
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...


Personalities

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Remy Vercoutre Remy or Rémy may refer to: Places * Remy River, a tributary of rivière du Gouffre in Saint-Urbain, Quebec, Canada * Rémy, a French commune in Pas-de-Calais * Remy, Oise, northern France * Remy, Oklahoma, USA * 14683 Remy, an asteroid * Po ...
footballer *
Lucas Pouille Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. ...
tennis player


Transport

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Gare de Grande-Synthe Grande-Synthe is a railway station in Grande-Synthe, Hauts-de-France, France. History The station is located on the Dunkerque–Calais railway line. The station is served by TER (local) services between Calais and Dunkerque, operated by SNCF ...
railway station.


See also

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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 following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official website

Grande-Synthe tourism website
(in French, Dutch, and English) Grandesynthe Nord communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia French Flanders {{Nord-geo-stub