The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Dunkirk, Nord, northern France, standing on the Place Charles Valentin.
The new structure, which was designed in the Gothic Revival style and featured fine stained glass windows, was reduced to a shell during a fire in 1642, and the subsequent reconstruction was completed in 1644.
It was designed by Louis Marie Cordonnier in the Renaissance Revival style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was officially opened by the president of France, Émile Loubet, in the presence of Nicholas II of Russia, on 17 September 1901.
The statues depicted, from left to right, the soldier, Armand Charles Guilleminot,[7] the local magistrate, Robert de Cassel,[8] the former mayor, Jean-Marie Joseph Emmery,[9] the naval officer, Pierre Jean Van Stabel,[10] the nobleman, Baldwin III,[11] and the privateer, Michel Jacobsen.
It was rebuilt after the war to a design by the original architect's son, Louis-Stanislas Cordonnier, and was officially re-opened by the president of France, René Coty, on 15 October 1955.