Enquin-les-Mines

Enquin-les-Mines Enken
Delegated commune of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte
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Location of Enquin-les-Mines
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Coordinates: 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	Fruges
Commune	Enquin-lez-Guinegatte
Area 1	11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Population  (2022)1	1,149
• Density	104/km2 (268/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

Enquin-les-Mines is a farming village situated 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, by the banks of the small river Laquette.