Bray-Dunes

Bray-Dunes
Commune

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Bray-Dunes
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Bray-Dunes
Coordinates: 51°04′18″N 2°31′42″E / 51.0717°N 2.5283°E / 51.0717; 2.5283Coordinates: 51°04′18″N 2°31′42″E / 51.0717°N 2.5283°E / 51.0717; 2.5283
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Dunkerque-2
Intercommunality CU Dunkerque
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)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 59107 /59123
Elevation 0–29 m (0–95 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 ft)

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. The nearest town in Belgium being Adinkerke.

It is France's northernmost commune and includes the northernmost point in all of France, mainland Europe, metropolitan France and overseas territories included.

Bray-Dunes was the site of many casualties during World War II, during the Dunkirk evacuation.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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%

Robbie Turner, a protagonist in Ian McEwan's Atonement, dies here.

Range

Heraldry

 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.

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

ElectionCandidateParty%
2017 Marine Le Pen FN 52.92
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 52.64
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 56.39
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 76.29

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