Dunkirk

Dunkirk is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies 10 kilometres from the Belgian border. The population of the city at the 1999 census was 70,850 inhabitants. The population of the metropolitan area was 265,974 inhabitants as per the 1999 census. Dunkirk has the third largest harbour in France, after those of Le Havre and Marseilles. It is also an industrial city, heavily dependent on the steel, food processing, oil refining, ship building and chemical industries.