Duisans Explained

Duisans
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Duisans.svg
Arrondissement:	Arras
Canton:	Avesnes-le-Comte
Insee:	62279
Postal Code:	62161
Mayor:	Éric Poulain^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Campagnes de l'Artois
Coordinates:	50.3083°N 2.6853°W
Elevation M:	68
Elevation Min M:	56
Elevation Max M:	107
Area Km2:	10.72

Duisans (in French pronounced as /dɥizɑ̃/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2]

Geography

A farming village 5miles 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.

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

External links

• Website of the château de Duisans

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62279-duisans INSEE commune file