Dunkirk Dunkerque
Dunkirk Town Hall and port
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkirk
Canton	Dunkerque-1 and 2, Grande-Synthe
Intercommunality	CU Dunkerque
Mayor	Patrice Vergriete (2014–2020)
Statistics
Elevation	0–17 m (0–56 ft) (avg. 4 m/13 ft)
Land area1	43.89 km2 (16.95 sq mi)
Population2	90,995  (2012)
- Density	2,073/km2 (5,370/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59183/ 59140, 59240, 59640
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Location of Dunkirk in the arrondissement of Dunkirk.

Dunkirk's seafront.

Dunkirk (French: Dunkerque, pronounced /dœ̃kɛʀk/ or /dɛ̃kɛʀk/; Dutch: Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is a harbour city in the northernmost part of France, 10 km (6 mi) from the Belgian border.

The population of the whole metropolitan area was of 265,974 at the 1999 census.

Until the middle of the 20th century the city was in the Dutch language area; today the local Dutch dialect still can be heard but has largely given way to French.