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

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