Comines | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Comines 59.svg |
Arrondissement: | Lille |
Canton: | Lambersart |
Insee: | 59152 |
Postal Code: | 59560 |
Mayor: | Éric Vanstaen[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
Coordinates: | 50.7616°N 3.0086°W |
Elevation M: | 18 |
Elevation Min M: | 11 |
Elevation Max M: | 24 |
Area Km2: | 16.02 |
Comines (in French pronounced as /kɔmin/; Dutch; Flemish: Komen) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.[2]
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.
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.[3]