Duras, Lot-et-Garonne explained

Duras
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Duras 47.svg
Arrondissement:	Marmande
Canton:	Les Coteaux de Guyenne
Insee:	47086
Postal Code:	47120
Mayor:	Bernadette Dreux^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	44.6769°N 0.1836°W
Elevation M:	100
Elevation Min M:	28
Elevation Max M:	128
Area Km2:	20.17

Duras (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Duràs) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

The town is traversed by the Dropt river.

Notable people

• David Hume of Godscroft (1558-1629), Scottish historian and philosopher, was the pastor in Duras 1604–1614.
• The writer Marguerite Donnadieu (1914–1996) took the pseudonym "Marguerite Duras" in 1943, after this village, where her father's house was located.

Sister cities

Duras is twinned with the following cities:

• Sint-Truiden, Belgium

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.