Enguinegatte

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Coordinates: 50°36′32″N 2°16′19″E / 50.6088888889, 2.27194444444

Commune of Enguinegatte
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fauquembergues
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues
Mayor	Claude Dehurtevent
Statistics
Elevation	51 m–132 m (avg. 92 m)
Land area¹	8,92 km²
Population² (1999)	365
- Density	40/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62294/ 62145
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Enguinegatte is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
340	381	367	354	388	365
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

Known as Guinegatte in medieval times, it is the site of several late 15th and early 16th century battles. The first was the Battle of Guinegate (1479), the later and more famous, the Battle of the Spurs, in 1513.
The village was largely destroyed in the Second World War.

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Jacques, dating from the 18th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• An Enguinegatte website
• Enguinegatte on the Insee website (French)
• Enguinegatte on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 10th 2008.