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Comines-Warneton
Comines-Warneton
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Location of Comines-Warneton in Hainaut
	; Comines-Warneton Location in Belgium
Sovereign state	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Community	French Community
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Mouscron
Coordinates	50°46′0″N 03°00′0″E / 50.766667°N 3°ECoordinates: 50°46′0″N 03°00′0″E / 50.766667°N 3°E
Area	61.09 km²
Population; – Males; – Females; – Density	17,562 (2006-01-01); 48.40%; 51.60%; 287 inhab./km²
Unemployment rate	17.07% (1 January 2006)
Mean annual income	€9,777/pers. (2003)
Mayor	Gilbert Deleu (Action)
Governing parties	Action, MR, PS, Ecolo
Postal codes	7780-7784
Area codes	056
Website	www.villedecomines-warneton.be

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.