Grande-Synthe

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Grande-Synthe Groot-Sintn
Commune
The town hall in Grande-Synthe
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 51°00′50″N 2°18′10″E / 51.0139°N 2.3028°E / 51.0139; 2.3028Coordinates: 51°00′50″N 2°18′10″E / 51.0139°N 2.3028°E / 51.0139; 2.3028
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Grande-Synthe
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Martial Beyaert[1]
Area 1	21.44 km2 (8.28 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	22,777
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59271 /59760
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grande-Synthe (French pronunciation: ​[ɡʁɑ̃d sɛ̃t]; West Flemish: Groot-Sintn) is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in northern France.

It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Dunkerque (Dunkirk) and lies adjacent to it on the west.

History[]

In 1980, a large part of Petite-Synthe was detached from Dunkerque and included in Grande-Synthe.

Heraldry[]

The arms of Grande-Synthe are blazoned : Azure, a fleur de lys Or, and on a chief argent a lion passant sable.

Population[]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 482 —     1800 451 −0.95% 1806 512 +2.14% 1821 598 +1.04% 1831 1,000 +5.28% 1836 1,108 +2.07% 1841 1,170 +1.09% 1846 1,260 +1.49% 1851 1,292 +0.50% 1856 1,510 +3.17% 1861 1,572 +0.81% 1866 1,739 +2.04% 1872 724 −13.59% 1876 753 +0.99% 1881 782 +0.76% 1886 821 +0.98% 1891 887 +1.56% 1896 936 +1.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 981 +0.94% 1906 1,019 +0.76% 1911 1,044 +0.49% 1921 1,175 +1.19% 1926 1,342 +2.69% 1931 1,333 −0.13% 1936 1,404 +1.04% 1946 916 −4.18% 1954 1,551 +6.80% 1962 2,875 +8.02% 1968 12,559 +27.86% 1975 24,250 +9.86% 1982 26,231 +1.13% 1990 24,362 −0.92% 1999 23,247 −0.52% 2007 21,428 −1.01% 2012 21,166 −0.25% 2017 22,966 +1.65%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Politics[]

Presidential Elections 2nd Round[]

Election		Candidate	Party	%
	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	54.31
	2012	François Hollande	PS	70.86
	2007	Ségolène Royal	PS	63.46
	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	72.86

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International relations[]

Grande-Synthe is twinned with:

• Suwałki in Poland

Personalities[]

• Remy Vercoutre footballer
• Lucas Pouille tennis player

Transport[]

• Gare de Grande-Synthe railway station.

See also[]

• Communes of the Nord department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

Notes

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grande-Synthe.

• Official website
• Grande-Synthe tourism website (in French, Dutch, and English)