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Bourbourg
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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.
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Bourbourg is a commune in France, situated within the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Bourbourg and is part of the arrondissement of Dunkirk and the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque. The town is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Grande-Synthe. Its official inception date is January 1, 1946.
The municipality has an area of 38.49 and a population of 7,171, comprising 3,408 males and 3,689 females. It shares borders with Sainte-Marie-Kerque, Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa, Saint-Pierre-Brouck, and Saint-Folquin. The postal code for the area is 59630. Elevation data varies by source, with figures of 10, 6, and 4 meters above sea level recorded.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bourbourg
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,059
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bourbourg
- French commune.native name
- Broekburg
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Bourbourg mairie.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Bourbourg (Nord).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Dunkerque
- French commune.canton
- Grande-Synthe
- French commune.INSEE
- 59094
- French commune.postal code
- 59630
- French commune.mayor
- Eric Gens
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CU de Dunkerque
- French commune.elevation m
- 3
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 10
- French commune.area km2
- 38.49
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ville et Mairie de Bourbourg
La ville de Bourboug est située dans le Nord de la France, en Hauts de France. Cette commune est implantée à proximité de la ville de Dunkerque. Contactez la mairie pour vos démarches administratives. ville-bourbourg.com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bourbourg
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Dunkirk
- Population
- 6931
- Area
- 38.49
- Elevation
- 2
- Capital of
- canton of Bourbourg
- Shares border with
- Craywick
- Official website
- www.ville-bourbourg.com
- Image
- MairiedeBourbourg.JPG
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- postal code
- 59630
- inception
- 1946-01-01
- associated electoral district
- canton of Grande-Synthe
- male population
- 3408
- female population
- 3689
- P8168
- Ivo Ringe
- Commons category
- Bourbourg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Places of interest
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- References
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 former commune Bourbourg-Campagne. The population data given in the table and graph below for 1936 and earlier refer to Bourbourg proper, without Bourbourg-Campagne.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bourbourg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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