Comines-Warneton

Comines-Warneton
Comines-Warneton town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Comines-Warneton Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°46′N 03°00′E / 50.767°N 3°E / 50.767; 3
Country	Belgium
Region	Walloon Region
Community	French Community
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Mouscron
Government
- Mayor	Gilbert Deleu (Action)
- Governing party/ies	Action, MR, PS, Ecolo
Area
- Total	61.09 km2 (23.6 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2010)[1]
- Total	17,729
- Density	290.2/km2 (751.6/sq mi)
Postal codes	7780-7784
Area codes	056
Website	www.villedecomines-warneton.be
Map of Comines-Warneton

Comines-Warneton (Dutch: Komen-Waasten) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Comines-Warneton had a total population of 17,562. The total area is 61.09 km² which gives a population density of 287 inhabitants per km². 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 of Comines-Warneton includes the traditional villages of Comines (Dutch: Komen – Comines is also the name of the village on the other side of the Belgian-French border), Comines-ten-Brielen, Warneton (Dutch: Waasten), Bas-Warneton (Dutch: Neer-Waasten), Ploegsteert and Le Bizet. 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

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

Twin towns

• Hedge End, England
• Wolverton, England

References

1. ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)

External links

• Local Website in French