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Comines, Nord
Commune in Nord, France
Comines (French pronunciation: [kɔmin]; Dutch: Komen) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.
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Comines (French pronunciation: [kɔmin]; Dutch: Komen) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France. 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 Hôtel de Ville and belfry were completed in 1929 and 1932 respectively. 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.
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