Loon-Plage

For the ferry, see MS Loon-Plage.

Loon-Plage (French pronunciation: [lon plaʒ]; Dutch: Loon) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Loon-Plage
Commune
A view within Loon-Plage
Coat of arms
Location of Loon-Plage
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Coordinates: 50°59′41″N 2°13′14″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Grande-Synthe
Intercommunality	CU Dunkerque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Rommel[1]
Area 1	35.67 km2 (13.77 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,995
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Demonym	Loonois(es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59359 /59279
Elevation	0–25 m (0–82 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,370	—
1975	5,603	+3.61%
1982	5,482	−0.31%
1990	6,435	+2.02%
1999	6,510	+0.13%
2007	6,214	−0.58%
2012	6,293	+0.25%
2017	6,193	−0.32%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Loon-Plage

The arms of Loon-Plage are blazoned : Argent billetty, a lion sable armed and langued gules. (Loon-Plage and Spycker use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department