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COMINES, or COMMINES (Flem. Komen)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 763 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COMINES, or See also:COMMINES (Flem. Komen)  , a See also:town of western See also:Flanders, 13 M . N.N.W. of See also:Lille by See also:rail . It is divided by the See also:river Lys, leaving one See also:part on See also:French (See also:department of See also:Nord), the other on Belgian territory (See also:province of See also:West Flanders) . Pop. of the French town 6359(1906); of the Belgian town, 6453 (1904) . The former has a See also:belfry of the 14th See also:century, restored in the 17th and 19th centuries, and remains of a See also:chateau . See also:Comines carries on the See also:spinning of See also:flax, See also:wool and See also:cotton .

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