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The cities closest to the sea in Nord

Grande-Synthe is the city closest to the sea in Nord, at 0 km, ahead of Dunkerque (1 km) and Gravelines (1 km). At the other end, Fourmies is the city furthest from the sea, at 160 km.

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The 54 cities of Nord ranked on distance to the sea
RankCityDistance to the seaPopulation
1Grande-Synthe0 km20,239
2Dunkerque1 km86,263
3Gravelines1 km11,430
4Coudekerque-Branche2 km20,787
5Hazebrouck35 km21,912
6Bailleul40 km14,732
7Armentières48 km26,998
8Comines48 km12,731
9Halluin52 km20,715
10Roncq54 km14,075
11Wambrechies54 km11,012
12Neuville-en-Ferrain55 km10,002
13Marquette-lez-Lille56 km12,622
14Lambersart57 km27,090
15Saint-André-lez-Lille57 km13,233
16Tourcoing58 km98,772
17Marcq-en-Barœul58 km40,184
18Mouvaux58 km13,369
19La Madeleine59 km21,790
20Lille60 km238,246
21Wasquehal60 km20,726
22Roubaix61 km98,286
23Wattrelos61 km40,847
24Loos61 km22,567
25Mons-en-Barœul61 km21,105
26Croix61 km20,566
27Haubourdin61 km15,074
28Ronchin64 km19,787
29Faches-Thumesnil64 km18,619
30Wattignies64 km15,525
31Lys-lez-Lannoy64 km14,050
32Villeneuve-d'Ascq65 km62,868
33Hem65 km18,582
34Annœullin66 km10,847
35Seclin67 km13,261
36Douai86 km40,250
37Sin-le-Noble88 km16,076
38Saint-Amand-les-Eaux94 km15,974
39Somain94 km11,766
40Vieux-Condé97 km10,617
41Raismes99 km12,199
42Denain101 km20,665
43Bruay-sur-l'Escaut102 km11,644
44Anzin103 km13,183
45Valenciennes104 km43,468
46Douchy-les-Mines104 km10,109
47Saint-Saulve105 km10,947
48Marly (59)107 km11,995
49Cambrai111 km31,134
50Caudry122 km13,833
51Maubeuge133 km28,767
52Hautmont133 km14,152
53Jeumont140 km10,160
54Fourmies160 km11,449

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold. This particular ranking is metropolitan only: the distance to the coast is measured against the coastlines of the Hexagon and Corsica, which would put an overseas port thousands of kilometres from a sea it sits on, so no value is published for overseas France rather than a wrong one.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

4 questions about this ranking
What is the city closest to the sea in Nord?
Grande-Synthe, at 0 km, ahead of Dunkerque (1 km).
What is the city furthest from the sea in Nord?
Fourmies, at 160 km. 54 cities of Nord are measured here.
Where does Grande-Synthe stand in France?
7 of the 1,052 French cities measured on distance to the sea. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Nord?
Grande-Synthe (0 km), Dunkerque (1 km), Gravelines (1 km), Coudekerque-Branche (2 km), Hazebrouck (35 km). The whole table is on this page.