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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Canton
  
Beaumetz-lès-Loges

Area
  
10.72 km²

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Arras

Intercommunality
  
Val de Gy

Local time
  
Tuesday 8:34 PM

Duisans

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 86% Humidity

Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of Duisans, 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.

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

    Duisans Wikipedia
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