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Comines-Warneton ((オランダ語:Komen-Waasten)) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Walloon province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, it had a total population of 17,562. Its 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. 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'', ''Houthem'', ''Warneton'' ((オランダ語:Waasten)), ''Bas-Warneton'' ((オランダ語: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. Comines-Warneton is twinned with Hedge End in England and with Argenton-les-Vallées in France. ==Famous inhabitants== *Johannes Despauterius, humanist *Frank Vandenbroucke, cyclist *Gustave Singier, painter *Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven, painter 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Comines-Warneton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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