Enquin-les-Mines

Enquin-les-Mines

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Enquin-les-Mines

Coordinates: 50°35′18″N 2°17′11″E / 50.5883°N 2.2864°E / 50.5883; 2.2864Coordinates: 50°35′18″N 2°17′11″E / 50.5883°N 2.2864°E / 50.5883; 2.2864
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Fauquembergues
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues
Government
  Mayor Philippe Saison
Area1 11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 917
  Density 83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 62295 / 62145
Elevation 49–118 m (161–387 ft)
(avg. 84 m or 276 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Enquin-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

The inhabitants of the town of Enquin-les-Mines are "Enquinois, Enquinoises."[1]

Geography

A farming village situated 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D77 and D158 crossroads, by the banks of the small river Laquette.

Its surrounded by the municipalities of Erny-Saint-Julien, Estrée-Blanche and Enguinegatte, Enquin-les-Mines is located 18 km southeast of Saint-Omer's largest city nearby. [2]

Population

Historical population of Enquin-les-Mines
Year196219681975198219901999
Population862944856825869917
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

The village was subject to much damage during the siege of Thérouanne in 1553.
The neighbouring hamlets of Fléchinelle and Serny were joined with the commune in 1822.

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