Duisans
Appearance
Duisans | |
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![]() Château de Duisans | |
Coordinates: 50°18′30″N 2°41′07″E / 50.3083°N 2.6853°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Arras |
Canton | Avesnes-le-Comte |
Intercommunality | CC Campagnes de l'Artois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Poulain[1] |
Area 1 | 10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,383 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62279 /62161 |
Elevation | 56–107 m (184–351 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Duisans (French pronunciation: [dɥizɑ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]A farming village 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Arras at the junction of the D55 and D56 roads. The small river Gy, a tributary of the Scarpe river, flows through the village.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 716 | — |
1975 | 881 | +3.01% |
1982 | 993 | +1.72% |
1990 | 1,022 | +0.36% |
1999 | 1,091 | +0.73% |
2007 | 1,174 | +0.92% |
2012 | 1,176 | +0.03% |
2017 | 1,309 | +2.17% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St. Leger, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The eighteenth-century chateau, built by Antoine-Guillaume Dubois de Hanovre.
- Two 17th-century chapels.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Duisans_France_Eglise.jpg/200px-Duisans_France_Eglise.jpg)
- A war cemetery with c.2,500 graves outside the village
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Duisans.
- Website of the château de Duisans Archived 19 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)