Comines, Nord

Comines
Commune
The Hôtel de Ville and belfry
Coat of arms
Location of Comines
Comines Location within France Comines Location within Hauts-de-France
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
Area 1	16.02 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	12,731
• Density	794.7/km2 (2,058/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.

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

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% 2023 12,731 +0.50% Source: INSEE

Heraldry

Arms of Comines

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

Sights

The Hôtel de Ville and belfry were completed in 1929 and 1932 respectively. 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.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department