Duisans | |
|---|---|
 Château de Duisans | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Duisans | |
Duisans Duisans | |
| 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 Poulain1 |
Area 1 | 10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 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 |
| 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
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 2023 | 1,399 | +1.11% |
| Source: INSEE4 | ||
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
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- INSEE commune file
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
External links
- Website of the château de Duisans Archived 19 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)