Enguinegatte

Enguinegatte

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Enguinegatte

Coordinates: 50°36′32″N 2°16′19″E / 50.6089°N 2.2719°E / 50.6089; 2.2719Coordinates: 50°36′32″N 2°16′19″E / 50.6089°N 2.2719°E / 50.6089; 2.2719
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Fauquembergues
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues
Government
  Mayor Claude Dehurtevent
Area1 8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 365
  Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62294 / 62145
Elevation 51–132 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Enguinegatte (Dutch: Ingwinegate) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

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.

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