Dunkerque, France

The pleasure port of Dunkerque

The pleasure port of Dunkirk.

Map of Hauts-de-France in France

Dunkerque is in the Hauts-de-France region.

Map of North-Calais, France

Dunkerque is in the (62) Pas de Calais departement

Dunkerque in Pas de Calais

Map of Dunkerque in the Pas de Calais

About Dunkerque

Dunkerque is in the Pas de Calais department of the North-Calais region.

Dunkerque is a maritime town on the English Channel, very close to the frontier with Belgium in the north of France.


During WWII, the French and British soldiers managed to make a retreat and fled to England using boats of all kinds from the beaches of Dunkirk.