Duisans
Encyclopedia
Duisans is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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The small river Gy, a tributary of the Scarpe river, flows through the village.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A farming village 5 miles (8 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
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.