This small, millennial city has maintained the narrow streets of the Middle Ages in its centre, arranged in a star around its thirteenth century church and the sixteenth century prison, both of which are on the supplemental list of French Historical Monuments. Originally named “Broecburg", the "City of the Marshlands", it was divided in two in 1790 immediately after the war, in which the Bourbourg countryside claimed its independence from the bourgeoisie of the Bourbourg city.
Today, Bourbourg has been reunited and boasts 7000 inhabitants. This county town of the Dunkirk hinterland owes its dynamism to its industrial and commercial activities as well as its tourism.
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In May 1940, Bourbourg, like many cities in the "Flandre Maritime" area of France, became the stage for the horrific events that became known as "the Battle of Dunkirk".
The Chapel of Light, a major work, evokes the richness of four of the most beautiful collections in the North of France: the LAAC in Dunkirk, the Calais Musée des Beaux-arts, the Musée de l'Estampe in Gravelines, and the Musée Sandelin in Saint-Omer...
