Enguinegatte
Ingwinegate
Coat of arms of Enguinegatte
Location of Enguinegatte
Enguinegatte is located in France
Enguinegatte
Enguinegatte
Enguinegatte is located in Hauts-de-France
Enguinegatte
Enguinegatte
Coordinates: 50°36′32″N 2°16′19″E / 50.6089°N 2.2719°E / 50.6089; 2.2719
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonFruges
CommuneEnquin-lez-Guinegatte
Area
1
8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
444
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
62145
Elevation51–132 m (167–433 ft)
(avg. 92 m or 302 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Enguinegatte (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡinɡat]; West Flemish: Ingwinegate; Picard: Inguin’gatte or Guin’gatte) is a town and former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2][3]

The commune merged with Enquin-les-Mines on 1 January 2017 to form the new commune of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte.[4] Its population was 444 in 2019.[1]

Geography

Enguinegatte is a farming village situated 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D77 and D158E2 crossroads.

Population

Historical population of Enguinegatte
Year196219681975198219901999
Population340381367354388365
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

Known as Guinegate 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.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Jacques, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also

References


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