Enguinegatte (; vls, Ingwinegate; pcd, Inguin’gatte or ''Guin’gatte'') is a town and former
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais department in the
Hauts-de-France region of
France
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.
The commune merged with
Enquin-les-Mines on 1 January 2017 to form the new commune of
Enquin-lez-Guinegatte.
Arrêté préfectoral
30 June 2016 Its population was 444 in 2019.[
]
Geography
Enguinegatte is a farming village situated 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ...
, at the D77 and D158E2 crossroads.
Population
History
Known as Guinegate in medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
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
The Battle of the Spurs or (Second) Battle of Guinegate (, "Day of the Spurs"; ''deuxième bataille de Guinegatte'') took place on 16 August 1513. It formed a part of the War of the League of Cambrai, during the Italian Wars. Henry VIII and ...
, in 1513.
The village was largely destroyed in the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
.
Places of interest
* The church of St.Jacques, dating from the eighteenth century.
See also
* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
External links
An Enguinegatte website
Former communes of Pas-de-Calais
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