Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque

The Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque (English: Dunkirk Urban Community) is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Dunkirk. It is located in the Nord department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France. It was created in October 1968. Its population was 203,770 in 2014, of which 90,721 in Dunkirk proper.[1]

Dunkerque
Communauté urbaine
Location within the Nord department (orange)
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
No. of communes17
Established1968
SeatDunkirk
Area
 • Total299.89 km2 (115.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total203,770
 • Density679/km2 (1,760/sq mi)
Websitewww.communaute-urbaine-dunkerque.fr

Composition

The communauté urbaine consists of the following 17 communes:[1][2]

  1. Armbouts-Cappel
  2. Bourbourg
  3. Bray-Dunes
  4. Cappelle-la-Grande
  5. Coudekerque-Branche
  6. Craywick
  7. Dunkirk
  8. Ghyvelde
  9. Grande-Synthe
  10. Grand-Fort-Philippe
  11. Gravelines
  12. Leffrinckoucke
  13. Loon-Plage
  14. Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa
  15. Spycker
  16. Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village
  17. Zuydcoote

References
  1. BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-06-28.
  2. INSEE

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