Saint-Pol-sur-Mer (, literally ''Saint-Pol on Sea''; ;

Picard Picard may refer to: Places * Picard, Quebec, Canada * Picard, California, United States * Picard (crater), a lunar impact crater in Mare Crisium People and fictional characters * Picard (name), a list of people and fictional characters with th ...

: ''Saint-Po-dsu-Mér'') is a former commune in the Nord department in northern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. Since 9 December 2010, it is part of the commune of

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 ...

.Commune associée de Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
INSEE In 2022 it had 20,346 inhabitants. It is the second-largest

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

of the city of Dunkirk, and is almost encircled by it.

Personalities

* Yannick Kamanan, footballer *

Kristina Mladenovic Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10. She is a nine-time Grand Slam ...

, tennis player * Jérémy Patinier, journalist * José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, footballer

Heraldry

References

External links

Official website
(in French) Former communes of Nord (French department) French Flanders {{DunkirkArrondissement-geo-stub