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Commines (Flem. Komen), a town of western Flanders, 13 m. N.N.W. of Lille by rail. It is divided by the river Lys, leaving one part on French (department of Nord), the other on Belgian territory (province of West Flanders). Pop. of the French town 6359 (1906); of the Belgian town, 6 453 (1904). The former has a belfry of the 14th century, restored in the 17th and r9th centuries, and remains of a château. Comines carries on the spinning of flax, wool and cotton.