Editing Comines-Warneton

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainault Province, Belgium}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Comines-Warneton
|native_name      = {{native_name|pcd|Comène-Warneuton}}
|picture          = Comines-Warneton JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend   = Comines-Warneton town hall
|map              = Comines-Warneton Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Comines-Warneton in Hainaut
|arms             = CommunesBelgique-Comines.svg
|flag             = Comines-Warneton Belgium.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron|Tournai-Mouscron]]
|nis              = 57097
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Alice Leeuwerck
|majority         = Ensemble (MR), [[Ecolo]], MCI
|postal-codes     = 7780-7784
|telephone-area   = 056
|web              = [http://www.villedecomines-warneton.be/ www.villedecomines-warneton.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|46|N|03|00|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Comines-Warneton''' ({{IPA|fr|kɔmin waʁnətɔ̃|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Comines-Warneton.wav}}; {{langx|nl|Komen-Waasten}} {{IPA|nl|ˈkoːmə(ɱ) ˈʋaːstə(n)||Nl-Komen-Waasten.ogg}}; {{langx|pcd|Comène-Warneuton}}; {{langx|vls|Koomn-Woastn}}; {{langx|wa|Cômene-Varneton}}) is a city and municipality of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]]. It is contiguous with the identically named [[Comines, Nord|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 {{cvt|61.09|km2}} which gives a [[population density]] of {{convert|287|PD/sqkm}}. The name "Comines" is believed to have a Celtic, or Gaulish, origin.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} Comines-Warneton is a [[Municipalities with language facilities|municipality with language facilities]] for Dutch-speakers.

The municipality consists of the following districts: [[Bas-Warneton]],  Comines, [[Houthem, Wallonia|Houthem]], [[Ploegsteert]], and [[Warneton, Belgium|Warneton]] (including the  hamlet of [[Le Gheer|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 [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] of both Hainaut and [[Wallonia]], being surrounded by the Flemish province of [[West Flanders]] and the [[France|French]] department of [[Nord (French department)|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)|Frank Vandenbroucke]], cyclist
*[[Gustave Singier]], painter
*[[Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven]], painter

==Twin towns==

* [[Hedge End]], England
* [[Wolverton]], England

==See also==
*[[Voeren]], a similarly detached part of Flanders.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.villedecomines-warneton.be Local website in French]
* [http://www.comines-warneton.be/ Local economic website in French]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Comines-Warneton
|North     = [[Heuvelland]], [[Ypres]], [[Zonnebeke]] (all in [[West Flanders|VWV]])
|East      = [[Wervik]] ([[West Flanders|VWV]])
|Southeast = [[Comines, Nord|Comines]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Nord (French department)|59]])
|South     = [[Armentières]], [[Houplines]], [[Frelinghien]], [[Deûlémont]], [[Warneton]] (all in [[France|FR]]-[[Nord (French department)|59]])
|Southwest = [[Nieppe]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Nord (French department)|59]])
|West      = [[Heuvelland]] ([[West Flanders|VWV]])
|Northwest = [[Mesen]] ([[West Flanders|VWV]])
}}
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[[Category:Comines-Warneton| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]
[[Category:Belgium–France border crossings]]
[[Category:Divided cities]]
[[Category:Enclaves and exclaves]]