The arrondissement of Dunkirk is an arrondissement of France, in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Dunkirk.

History
When the Nord department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Dunkirk, as arrondissement of Bergues, was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Dunkirk is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Nord department. It borders with Belgium to the east, the Lille arrondissement to the southeast and the Pas-de-Calais department to the south and west. The North Sea is to the north of the arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Dunkirk is the largest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has a population of 378,499 inhabitants for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Dunkirk are:

 Bailleul (5908)
 Coudekerque-Branche (5912)
 Dunkerque-1 (5916)
 Dunkerque-2 (5917)
 Grande-Synthe (5920)
 Hazebrouck (5921)
 Wormhout (5941)

Communes
The arrondissement of Dunkirk has 111 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Armbouts-Cappel (59016)
 Arnèke (59018)
 Bailleul (59043)
 Bambecque (59046)
 Bavinchove (59054)
 Bergues (59067)
 Berthen (59073)
 Bierne (59082)
 Bissezeele (59083)
 Blaringhem (59084)
 Boeschepe (59086)
 Boëseghem (59087)
 Bollezeele (59089)
 Borre (59091)
 Bourbourg (59094)
 Bray-Dunes (59107)
 Brouckerque (59110)
 Broxeele (59111)
 Buysscheure (59119)
 Caëstre (59120)
 Cappelle-Brouck (59130)
 Cappelle-la-Grande (59131)
 Cassel (59135)
 Coudekerque-Branche (59155)
 Craywick (59159)
 Crochte (59162)
 Le Doulieu (59180)
 Drincham (59182)
 Dunkerque (59183)
 Ebblinghem (59184)
 Eecke (59189)
 Eringhem (59200)
 Esquelbecq (59210)
 Estaires (59212)
 Flêtre (59237)
 Ghyvelde (59260)
 Godewaersvelde (59262)
 La Gorgue (59268)
 Grand-Fort-Philippe (59272)
 Grande-Synthe (59271)
 Gravelines (59273)
 Hardifort (59282)
 Haverskerque (59293)
 Hazebrouck (59295)
 Herzeele (59305)
 Holque (59307)
 Hondeghem (59308)
 Hondschoote (59309)
 Houtkerque (59318)
 Hoymille (59319)
 Killem (59326)
 Lederzeele (59337)
 Ledringhem (59338)
 Leffrinckoucke (59340)
 Looberghe (59358)
 Loon-Plage (59359)
 Lynde (59366)
 Merckeghem (59397)
 Merris (59399)
 Merville (59400)
 Méteren (59401)
 Millam (59402)
 Morbecque (59416)
 Neuf-Berquin (59423)
 Nieppe (59431)
 Nieurlet (59433)
 Noordpeene (59436)
 Ochtezeele (59443)
 Oost-Cappel (59448)
 Oudezeele (59453)
 Oxelaëre (59454)
 Pitgam (59463)
 Pradelles (59469)
 Quaëdypre (59478)
 Renescure (59497)
 Rexpoëde (59499)
 Rubrouck (59516)
 Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa (59532)
 Sainte-Marie-Cappel (59536)
 Saint-Jans-Cappel (59535)
 Saint-Momelin (59538)
 Saint-Pierre-Brouck (59539)
 Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel (59546)
 Sercus (59568)
 Socx (59570)
 Spycker (59576)
 Staple (59577)
 Steenbecque (59578)
 Steene (59579)
 Steenvoorde (59580)
 Steenwerck (59581)
 Strazeele (59582)
 Terdeghem (59587)
 Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village (59588)
 Thiennes (59590)
 Uxem (59605)
 Vieux-Berquin (59615)
 Volckerinckhove (59628)
 Wallon-Cappel (59634)
 Warhem (59641)
 Watten (59647)
 Wemaers-Cappel (59655)
 West-Cappel (59657)
 Winnezeele (59662)
 Wormhout (59663)
 Wulverdinghe (59664)
 Wylder (59665)
 Zegerscappel (59666)
 Zermezeele (59667)
 Zuydcoote (59668)
 Zuytpeene (59669)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Nord department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Dunkirk