Editing Dunkirk (section)

==Administration==
[[File:LocatieDuinkerke.PNG|thumb|Location of Dunkirk in the arrondissement of Dunkirk]]

The commune has grown substantially by absorbing several neighbouring communes:

* 1970: Merger with Malo-les-Bains (which had been created by being detached from Dunkirk in 1881)
* 1972: Fusion with [[Petite-Synthe]] and Rosendaël (the latter had been created by being detached from [[Téteghem]] in 1856)
* 1980: Fusion-association with Mardyck (which became an [[Associated communes of France|associated commune]], with a population of 372 in 1999)
* 1980: A large part of Petite-Synthe is detached from Dunkirk and included into [[Grande-Synthe]]
* 2010: After a failed fusion-association attempt with [[Saint-Pol-sur-Mer]] and [[Fort-Mardyck]] in 2003, both successfully become associated communes with Dunkirk in December 2010.