Comines, Nord

Comines (French pronunciation: [kɔmin]; Dutch: Komen) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Comines
Commune
Town hall and belfry
Coat of arms
Location of Comines
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Coordinates: 50°45′42″N 3°00′31″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lambersart
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Vanstaen[1]
Area 1	16.02 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	12,649
• Density	789.6/km2 (2,045/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59152 /59560
Elevation	11–24 m (36–79 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The town of Comines sits on the Franco-Belgian border and is split into two parts: Comines (France) and Comines (Belgium), part of the municipality of Comines-Warneton.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	10,128	—
1975	10,485	+0.50%
1982	10,915	+0.58%
1990	11,320	+0.46%
1999	11,952	+0.61%
2007	12,208	+0.27%
2012	12,787	+0.93%
2017	12,358	−0.68%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Comines

The arms of Comines are blazoned : Argent, a key palewise sable between 5 cinqfoils gules 2,2,1.

Sights

The belfry of Comines was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France in 2005, in recognition of its importance to the history of municipal power in Europe.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department