Enquin-les-Mines
Enquin-les-Mines
Enken | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Enquin-les-Mines  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°35′18″N 2°17′11″E / 50.5883°N 2.2864°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Fruges |
| Commune | Enquin-lez-Guinegatte |
Area 1 | 11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,179 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 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. | |
Enquin-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃kɛ̃ le min]; West Flemish: Enken; Picard: Inquin-les-Mines) is a town and former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2] Since January 2017, it is a delegated commune of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte.[3]
The inhabitants of the town of Enquin-les-Mines are known as Enquinois, Enquinoises in French.[4]
The commune was surrounded by the municipalities of Erny-Saint-Julien, Estrée-Blanche and Enguinegatte. The commune merged with Enguinegatte on 1 January 2017 to form the commune nouvelle of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte.[5]
Geography
[edit]Enquin-les-Mines is a farming village situated 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, by the banks of the small river Laquette.
Population
[edit]| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 862 | 944 | 856 | 825 | 869 | 917 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | ||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Enquin-les-Mines, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Commune déléguée d'Enquin-les-Mines, INSEE
- ^ Pas-de-Calais, habitants.fr
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 June 2016 (in French)
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