Dunkirk

E33602

coastal town commune of France

Dunkirk is a coastal town in northern France best known as the site of the World War II evacuation of Allied troops in 1940.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal town → commune of France →
connectsTo	Dover → United Kingdom by sea routes →
country	France →
eventLocation	Dunkirk evacuation → Operation Dynamo →
hasClimate	oceanic climate →
hasCulturalEvent	Dunkirk Carnival →
hasDutchName	Duinkerke →
hasFeature	ferry terminal → large commercial port →
hasFrenchName	Dunkerque →
hasIndustry	energy → petrochemicals → shipping → steel →
hasLandmark	Dunkirk War Museum → Dunkirk belfry → Saint-Éloi church →
hasMinorityLanguage	West Flemish →
hasPort	Port of Dunkirk →
hasTransport	motorway links to Calais → rail connections to Lille →
historicalEvent	sieges in the 17th century →
historicalRegion	Flanders →
knownFor	Battle of Dunkirk → World War II evacuation of Allied troops →
languageSpoken	French →
locatedIn	Hauts-de-France region → Nord department →
locatedNear	Belgian border →
locatedOn	English Channel → North Sea →
nearbyBodyOfWater	North Sea coast →
partOf	French Flanders →
partOfCampaign	Battle of France →
roleInWorldWarII	major evacuation point for Allied forces in 1940 →
soldTo	France by England in 1662 →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
twinnedWith	Krefeld → Miskolc → Ramsgate →
wasControlledBy	England → France → Spain →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German occupation of Dunkirk → Operation Dynamo → RNAS Dunkirk →	location
Hauts-de-France → Nord →	contains
British Expeditionary Force (World War II) →	evacuatedFrom
Dunkirk ("Dunkirk Carnival") →	hasCulturalEvent
RNAS Dunkirk →	namedAfter
Battle of Dunkirk →	place