Enquin-les-Mines
Encyclopedia
Enquin-les-Mines is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
.
The inhabitants of the town of Enquin-les-Mines are "Enquinois, Enquinoises."
, 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. "Annuaire-Mairie"
in 1553.
The neighbouring hamlet
s of Fléchinelle and Semy were joined with the commune in 1822.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
The inhabitants of the town of Enquin-les-Mines are "Enquinois, Enquinoises."
Geography
A farming village situated 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-OmerSaint-Omer
Saint-Omer , a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais. The town is named after Saint Audomar, who brought Christianity to the area....
, at the D77 and D158 crossroads, by the banks of the small river Laquette
Laquette
The Laquette is a river of northern France, right tributary of the Lys. It flows into the Lys in Aire-sur-la-Lys.-References:*http://www.geoportail.fr*...
.
Its surrounded by the municipalities of Erny-Saint-Julien
Erny-Saint-Julien
Erny-Saint-Julien is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated 10 miles south of Saint-Omer, at the D158 and D193 crossroads....
, Estrée-Blanche
Estrée-Blanche
Estrée-Blanche is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village some to the northwest of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D341, D186 and the D159 roads...
and Enguinegatte
Enguinegatte
-History:Known as Guinegatte in medieval times, it is the site of several late 15th and early 16th century battles. The first was the Battle of Guinegate, the later and more famous, the Battle of the Spurs, in 1513. The village was largely destroyed in the Second World War.-References:* -External...
, Enquin-les-Mines is located 18 km southeast of Saint-Omer's largest city nearby. "Annuaire-Mairie"
Population
History
The village was subject to much damage during the siege of ThérouanneThérouanne
Thérouanne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Thérouanne is located 10 miles southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D157 and D341 road junction.-Population:-History:...
in 1553.
The neighbouring hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
s of Fléchinelle and Semy were joined with the commune in 1822.
Places of interest
- The church of St.Omer, dating from the fifteenth century.
- Traces of an ancient château.
- The fourteenth century Templars farm at Fléchinelle.
- The watermillWatermillA watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
at Semy, dating from 1635. - The old coal mine.
- Café Chez Gilberte