Enguinegatte

Enguinegatte

French commune
name= Enguinegatte
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Fauquembergues
insee=62294
cp=62145
maire=Claude Dehurtevent
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues
longitude=2.27194444444
latitude=50.6088888889
alt moy=92 m
alt mini=51 m
alt maxi=132 m
hectares=892
km²=8,92
sans=365
date-sans=1999
dens=40|

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

Geography

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

Population

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.

Places of interest

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

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://ville.enguinegatte.free.fr An Enguinegatte website]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62294&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Enguinegatte on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26791&req=Enguinegatte Enguinegatte on the Quid website] fr

Notes

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


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