Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: BlÃ quin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France .
Simplified: BlÃ quin is a commune . It is found in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France .