Duisans

Duisans
Château de Duisans
Coat of arms
Duisans
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Duisans
Coordinates: 50°18′30″N 2°41′07″E / 50.3083°N 2.6853°ECoordinates: 50°18′30″N 2°41′07″E / 50.3083°N 2.6853°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Val de Gy
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Éric Poulain
Area^1	10.72 km^2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	1,091
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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

Historical population of Duisans

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	669	716	881	993	1022	1091
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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.

Duisans church

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

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website of the château de Duisans (French)
• Duisans on the Quid website (French)