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Dunkerque

Also known as Dünkirchen, Duinkerke, Dune-Libre

flämische Hafenstadt am Ärmelkanal im Département Nord in Nordfrankreich

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Dunkirk is a commune of France located in the Nord department within the Hauts-de-France region. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Dunkirk, the canton of Dunkerque-Est, the canton of Dunkerque-Ouest, and the canton of Dunkerque-2. The town shares borders with Téteghem, Coudekerque-Branche, Spycker, and Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village. It replaced Rosendaël, Petite-Synthe, Mardyck, and Fort-Mardyck.

The population is recorded as 89,882 or 86,263. Its area is 43.89, with an elevation of 17, 5, or 8 above sea level. The postal codes are 59140, 59240, 59430, and 59640. Patrice Vergriete is the head of government. The native labels are Dunkerque, Duunkerke, and Duinkerken. It is twinned with Krefeld, Middlesbrough, Liberec, and Ramat HaSharon.

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Place details

Locality: Dunkerque
Region: Hauts-de-France
Country: France
Population: 86,263
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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PM10: 9.7 µg/m³

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Key facts

French commune.name: Dunkirk
French commune.commune status: Subprefecture and commune
French commune.image: Dunkerque hotel de ville vu port.jpg
French commune.caption: The Hôtel de Ville and port
French commune.image flag: Flag of Dunkirk.svg
French commune.image coat of arms: Greater Coat of Arms of Dunkerque.svg
French commune.arrondissement: Dunkerque
French commune.canton: Dunkerque-1 Dunkerque-2 Grande-Synthe
French commune.INSEE: 59183
French commune.postal code: 59140, 59240, 59640
French commune.mayor: Patrice Vergriete
French commune.term: 2024–2026
French commune.party: DVG
French commune.demonym: Dunkirkers (en),Dunkerquois (fr)
French commune.intercommunality: Dunkerque
French commune.elevation m: 4
French commune.elevation min m: 0
French commune.elevation max m: 17

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Travel guide

Understand

The name Dunkirk comes from the Dutch language "Church of the Dunes".

Dunkirk has the third-largest harbour in France, after those of Le Havre and Marseille. As an industrial city, it depends heavily on the steel, food processing, oil-refining, ship-building and chemical industries.

Get around

The public buses are free of charge since September 2018.

See

thumb|Façade of Saint-Éloi Church

Do

"Une Digue": take a walk on the Malo-les-Bains dike, between beach and "turn of the century" villas while eating an ice cream. On Saturday evening, take a stroll on the seawall: the atmosphere is in the bars. Football: USL Dunkerque were promoted in 2023 and play soccer in Ligue 2, the second tier. Their home ground Stade Marcel-Tribut (capacity 5000) is on the east river bank, about 1 km east of town centre.

Eat

The cuisine of Dunkirk closely resembles Flemish cuisine; perhaps one of the best known dishes is coq à la bière – chicken in a creamy beer sauce. Another typical dish is the Potjevleesch, a dish of white meat (veal, pork, rabbit, chicken) cooked and preserved in jelly flavoured with juniper berries.

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Article · Deutsch

Dunkerque [dœ̃kɛʀk] od. [dɛ̃kɛʀk] (deutsch: Dünkirchen; niederländisch: Duinkerke(n); englisch: Dunkirk; Französisch-Flämisch: Duunkerke) ist eine französische Hafenstadt an der südlichen Nordseeküste bzw. Kanalküste im Département Nord im historischen westflämischen Sprachgebiet Französisch-Flanderns. Die rund zehn Kilometer westlich der Grenze zu Belgien liegende und zugleich nördlichste Stadt Frankreichs zählt 86.279 Einwohner (Stand 1. Januar 2019), mit den Vorstädten sind es etwa 250.000. Sie lebt vom Hafen und von großen Industrieansiedlungen und beherbergt eine Universität mit ca. 10.000 Studenten. Historische Bedeutung erlangte Dunkerque in der Zeit des Königs Ludwig XIV., dessen Festungsbaumeisters Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban und des in dieser Stadt geborenen Korsaren Jean Bart. Mittlerweile erinnert der Ortsname an eine bedeutsame Episode des Zweiten Weltkrieges: 1940 wurden hier die British Expeditionary Force (Britisches Expeditionskorps, BEF) und Teile der geschlagenen französischen Armee in der Schlacht von Dünkirchen von den Deutschen eingekesselt.

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