Duisans

Duisans (French pronunciation: [dɥizɑ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Duisans
Commune
Château de Duisans
Coat of arms
Location of Duisans
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Coordinates: 50°18′30″N 2°41′07″E
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[1]
Area 1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,393
• Density	130/km2 (340/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.

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

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%
Source: INSEE[4]

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