MENIN (Flemish Meenen), a town of Belgium, province of West Flanders, on the left bank of the Lys, 30 miles S. of Bruges, and 7 W.S.W. of Courtray. It is regularly built and strongly fortified, but has a dull and gloomy appearance. The principal building is the church; and there are also a college and several schools. The manufactures consist of linen, lace, soap, oil, tobacco, woollen stuffs, chocolate, and candles; and the town has also breweries, tanneries, dyeworks, and bleachfields. The trade consists in agricultural produce, horses, cattle, &c. Pop. 8268.