Comines, a town on the borders of Belgium and France, 15 miles SW. of Courtrai by rail, divided by the Lys into two parts, of which that on the left (pop. 4381) belongs to Belgium; the other, on the right (pop. 6355), to France. The town has some manufactures, and was the seat of the family of Comines.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 378
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