Comines, Nord

Comines
Comines
Commune
	Town hall and belfry
	Coat of arms
	Location of Comines
	Comines Comines
	Coordinates: 50°45′42″N 3°00′31″E / 50.7616°N 3.0086°E / 50.7616; 3.0086
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 (2021)	12,671
• Density	790/km2 (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 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.^[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]

References

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

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[unesco-5] "Belfries of Belgium and France". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 5 November 2021.