Comines, Nord

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 km^2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	12,671
• Density	790/km^2 (2,000/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "Belfries of Belgium and France". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 5 November 2021.