Arrondissement of Dunkirk

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