Bray-Dunes
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  Bray-Dunes | |||
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Bray-Dunes | |||
| Coordinates: 51°04′18″N 2°31′42″E / 51.0717°N 2.5283°ECoordinates: 51°04′18″N 2°31′42″E / 51.0717°N 2.5283°E | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie | ||
| Department | Nord | ||
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | ||
| Canton | Dunkerque-Est | ||
| Intercommunality | Dunkerque grand littoral | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Claude Marteel | ||
| Area1 | 8.57 km2 (3.31 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009)2 | 4,688 | ||
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) | ||
| INSEE/Postal code | 59107 / 59123 | ||
| Elevation |
0–29 m (0–95 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft) | ||
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |||
Location of Bray-Dunes in the arrondissement of Dunkirk
Bray-Dunes (Brayduinen in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, located on the Belgian border.
It is France's northernmost commune and includes the northernmost point in all of France.
Bray-Dunes was the site of many casualties during World War II, during the Dunkirk evacuation.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1886 | 1,177 | — |
| 1891 | 1,347 | +14.4% |
| 1896 | 1,504 | +11.7% |
| 1901 | 1,576 | +4.8% |
| 1906 | 1,795 | +13.9% |
| 1911 | 1,941 | +8.1% |
| 1921 | 2,178 | +12.2% |
| 1926 | 2,130 | −2.2% |
| 1931 | 2,350 | +10.3% |
| 1936 | 2,550 | +8.5% |
| 1946 | 2,116 | −17.0% |
| 1954 | 2,791 | +31.9% |
| 1962 | 3,718 | +33.2% |
| 1968 | 3,673 | −1.2% |
| 1975 | 4,765 | +29.7% |
| 1982 | 4,777 | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 4,755 | −0.5% |
| 1999 | 4,553 | −4.2% |
| 2006 | 4,666 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 4,688 | +0.5% |
Popular culture
Robbie Turner, a protagonist in Ian McEwan's Atonement, flees here.
Range
Heraldry
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The arms of Bray-Dunes are blazoned : Azure, an anchor with hawser, in sinister chief a mullet of 6 argent, on a chief ermine, a bend gules charged with 3 escallops Or. |
See also
- Communes of the Nord department
- Lamanère, the southernmost commune of Continental France
References
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Flag of Bray-Dunes
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bray-Dunes. |
- Official website (in French)
- Unofficial town website
- website of the Association of the Friends of Bray-Dunes (in French)
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