Enquin-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃kɛ̃ le min]; West Flemish: Enken; Picard: Inquin-les-Mines) is a town and former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2] Since January 2017, it is a delegated commune of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte.^[3]

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Delegated commune of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte
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Location of Enquin-les-Mines
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Coordinates: 50°35′18″N 2°17′11″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Commune	Enquin-lez-Guinegatte
Area 1	11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	1,179
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	62145
Elevation	49–118 m (161–387 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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The inhabitants of the town of Enquin-les-Mines are known as Enquinois, Enquinoises in French.^[4]

The commune was surrounded by the municipalities of Erny-Saint-Julien, Estrée-Blanche and Enguinegatte. The commune merged with the latter of these on 1 January 2017 to form the commune nouvelle of Enquin-lez-Guinegatte.^[5]

Enquin-les-Mines is a farming village situated 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D77 and D158 crossroads, by the banks of the small river Laquette.

The village was subject to much damage during the siege of Thérouanne in 1553.
The neighbouring hamlets of Fléchinelle and Serny were joined with the commune in 1822.

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the fifteenth century.
• Traces of an ancient château.
• The fourteenth century Templars farm at Fléchinelle.
• The watermill at Serny, dating from 1635.
• The old coal mine.
• Café Chez Gilberte

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department