Comines-Warneton

City in Hainaut Province, Wallonia, Belgium

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Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Comines-Warneton

Comène-Warneuton (Picard)

Municipality

Comines-Warneton town hall

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Comines-Warneton

Comines-Warneton

Location in Belgium

Location of Comines-Warneton in Hainaut

Coordinates: 50°46′N 03°00′E﻿ / ﻿50.767°N 3.000°E﻿ / 50.767; 3.000
Country| Belgium
Community| French Community
Region|  Wallonia
Province|  Hainaut
Arrondissement| Tournai-Mouscron
Government

• Mayor| Alice Leeuwerck
• Governing party/ies| Ensemble (MR), Ecolo, MCI
Area

• Total

| 61.34 km2 (23.68 sq mi)
Population

(2018-01-01)[1]

• Total

| 18,063
• Density| 290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Postal codes|

7780-7784

NIS code|

57097

Area codes| 056
Website| www.villedecomines-warneton.be

Comines-Warneton (French: [kɔmin waʁnətɔ̃] ⓘ; Dutch: Komen-Waasten [ˈkoːmə(ɱ) ˈʋaːstə(n)] ⓘ; Picard: Comène-Warneuton; West Flemish: Koomn-Woastn; Walloon: Cômene-Varneton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is contiguous with the identically named Comines on the other side of the border with France.

On 1 January 2006 it had a total population of 17,562. Its total area is 61.09 km2 (23.59 sq mi) which gives a population density of 287 inhabitants per square kilometre (740/sq mi). The name "Comines" is believed to have a Celtic, or Gaulish, origin.[citation needed] Comines-Warneton is a municipality with language facilities for Dutch-speakers.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Bas-Warneton, Comines, Houthem, Ploegsteert, and Warneton (including the hamlet of Gheer). They were all transferred in 1963 from the arrondissement of Ypres in the Dutch-speaking province of West Flanders to the newly created arrondissement of Mouscron in French-speaking Hainaut. The five municipalities (Comines, Houthem, Ploegsteert, Bas-Warneton, Warneton) were merged into a single Comines-Warneton municipality in 1977. Since then, the municipality forms an exclave of both Hainaut and Wallonia, being surrounded by the Flemish province of West Flanders and the French department of Nord and not connected to the rest of the French-speaking area of Belgium.

Comines-Warneton is twinned with Hedge End in England and with Argenton-les-Vallées in France.

## Famous inhabitants

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* Johannes Despauterius, humanist
* Frank Vandenbroucke, cyclist
* Gustave Singier, painter
* Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven, painter

## Twin towns

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* Hedge End, England
* Wolverton, England

## See also

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* Voeren, a similarly detached part of Flanders.

## References

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1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Comines-Warneton.

* Local website in French
* Local economic website in French

Places adjacent to Comines-Warneton

| Mesen (VWV) | Heuvelland, Ypres, Zonnebeke (all in VWV) |

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Heuvelland (VWV) |

Comines-Warneton

| Wervik (VWV)
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Nieppe (FR-59) | Armentières, Houplines, Frelinghien, Deûlémont, Warneton (all in FR-59) | Comines (FR-59)

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Municipalities in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Ath|

* Ath
* Belœil
* Bernissart
* Brugelette
* Chièvres
* Ellezelles
* Enghien
* Flobecq
* Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
* Lessines
* Silly

Charleroi|

* Aiseau-Presles
* Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
* Charleroi
* Châtelet
* Courcelles
* Farciennes
* Fleurus
* Fontaine-l'Évêque
* Gerpinnes
* Les Bons Villers
* Montigny-le-Tilleul
* Pont-à-Celles

La Louvière|

* Binche
* Estinnes
* La Louvière
* Morlanwelz

Mons|

* Boussu
* Colfontaine
* Dour
* Frameries
* Hensies
* Honnelles
* Jurbise
* Lens
* Mons (Capital)
* Quaregnon
* Quévy
* Quiévrain
* Saint-Ghislain

Soignies|

* Braine-le-Comte
* Écaussinnes
* Le Rœulx
* Manage
* Soignies
* Seneffe

Thuin|

* Anderlues
* Beaumont
* Chimay
* Erquelinnes
* Froidchapelle
* Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
* Lobbes
* Merbes-le-Château
* Momignies
* Sivry-Rance
* Thuin

Tournai-Mouscron|

* Antoing
* Brunehaut
* Celles
* Comines-Warneton
* Estaimpuis
* Leuze-en-Hainaut
* Mont-de-l'Enclus
* Mouscron
* Pecq
* Péruwelz
* Rumes
* Tournai

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Comines-Warneton municipality, Belgium

* Berks Cemetery Extension
* Hyde Park Corner
* Lancashire Cottage Cemetery
* Ploegsteert Wood
* Ploegsteert Memorial

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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