Duisans

Duisans
Commune
Château de Duisans
Coat of arms
Location of Duisans
Duisans Location within France Show map of France Duisans Location within Hauts-de-France Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°18′30″N 2°41′07″E / 50.3083°N 2.6853°E / 50.3083; 2.6853
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
Area 1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Highest elevation	107 m (351 ft)
Lowest elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population  (2023)	1,399
• Density	130.5/km2 (338.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62279 /62161
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.

Geography

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

Places of interest

• 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.

• A war cemetery with c.2,500 graves outside the village

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Duisans.

• Website of the château de Duisans Archived 19 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

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