Douains

Douains
Douains
Location within Upper Normandy region  Douains
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Évreux
Canton	Vernon-Sud
Intercommunality	Portes de l'Eure
Mayor	Nicole Nuyens (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	97–148 m (318–486 ft) (avg. 134 m/440 ft)
Land area1	11.27 km2 (4.35 sq mi)
Population2	464  (2008)
- Density	41 /km2 (110 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	27203/ 27120
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: 49°02′27″N 1°25′47″E / 49.0408333333°N 1.42972222222°E / 49.0408333333; 1.42972222222

Douains is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France, six kilometres from Vernon.

Douains is the home of the animal cemetery Les Jardins du Souvenir, which was founded in 1999 with about 400 tombs.

Population

Historical population of Douains

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
229	261	233	298	346	465	464

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References

• INSEE

External links

• (French) Les jardins du souvenir