Duras, Lot-et-Garonne

Duras
Château de Duras
Duras
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Marmande
Canton	Duras
Statistics
Elevation	28–128 m (92–420 ft) (avg. 100 m/330 ft)
Land area1	20.17 km2 (7.79 sq mi)
Population2	1,214  (1999)
- Density	60 /km2 (160 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	47086/ 47120
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°40′37″N 0°11′01″E / 44.6769444444°N 0.183611111111°E / 44.6769444444; 0.183611111111

Duras 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.

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department