Bray-Dunes

Bray-Dunes

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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-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)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

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
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%

Popular culture

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

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