Enquin-les-Mines (; ; ) is a town and former commune in the

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

department in the Hauts-de-France

region of France France is Administrative divisions of France, divided into eighteen administrative regions (, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are Overseas departments and regions of France, ove ...

. Since January 2017, it is a delegated commune of

Enquin-lez-Guinegatte Enquin-lez-Guinegatte (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais, northern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Enquin-les-Mines (the s ...

. The inhabitants of the town of Enquin-les-Mines are known as ''Enquinois'', ''Enquinoises'' in French. 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.Arrêté préfectoral
30 June 2016

Geography

Enquin-les-Mines is a farming village situated 12 miles (19 km) southwest of

Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; ; Picard: ''Saint-Onmé'') is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Sa ...

, by the banks of the small river

Laquette The Laquette is a river of northern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre a ...

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