Comines-Warneton
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Comines-Warneton town hall
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Location of Comines-Warneton in Hainaut
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| Coordinates: 50°46′N 03°00′E / 50.767°N 3.000°ECoordinates: 50°46′N 03°00′E / 50.767°N 3.000°E | |||
| Country | Belgium | ||
| Community | French Community | ||
| Region | Wallonia | ||
| Province | Hainaut | ||
| Arrondissement | Mouscron | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Gilbert Deleu (Action) | ||
| • Governing party/ies | Action, MR, PS, Ecolo | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 61.09 km2 (23.59 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2016) | |||
| • Total | 18,101 | ||
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) | ||
| Postal codes | 7780-7784 | ||
| Area codes | 056 | ||
| Website | www.villedecomines-warneton.be | ||
Comines-Warneton (Dutch: Komen-Waasten, Picard: Comène-Warneuton, West Flemish: Koomn-Woastn) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Walloon province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, it had a total population of 17,562. Its 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. 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, Houthem, Warneton (Dutch: Waasten), Bas-Warneton (Dutch: Neer-Waasten), Ploegsteert and Le Bizet. 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.
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