Grande-Synthe

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Grande-Synthe Groot-Sinten
Commune
The town hall in Grande-Synthe
Coat of arms
Location of Grande-Synthe
(2020–2026)		Martial Beyaert^[1]
Area ¹	21.44 km² (8.28 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	20,331
• Density	950/km² (2,500/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-Sinten) is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in northern France.^[3]

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%

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Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

	Candidate	Party	%
2017^[6]	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	54.31
2012	François Hollande	PS	70.86
2007	Ségolène Royal	PS	63.46
2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	72.86

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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Grande-Synthe, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Résultats élections Grande-Synthe (59760)". Le Monde.