Enquin-les-Mines (; vls, Enken; pcd, Inquin-les-Mines) is a town and former commune in the

Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) 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 ...

department in the

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region of

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. Since January 2017, it is a delegated commune of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte. 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 the latter of these on 1 January 2017 to form the commune nouvelle of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte.

Geography

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

Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) 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 Saint Audomar, ...

, at the D77 and D158 crossroads, by the banks of the small river

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Population

History

The village was subject to much damage during the siege of

Thérouanne Thérouanne (; vls, Terenburg; Dutch ''Terwaan'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located west of Aire-sur-la-Lys and south of Saint-Omer, on the D 157 and D 341 road junction. Lo ...

in 1553.
The neighbouring

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s of Fléchinelle and Serny 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

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at Serny, dating from 1635. * The old

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. * Café Chez Gilberte

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