Douriez

Douriez
Douriez
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Douriez
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Campagne-lès-Hesdin
Intercommunality	Val de Canche et d'Authie
Mayor	Paul Becquet
Statistics
Elevation	7–102 m (23–335 ft) (avg. 14 m/46 ft)
Land area1	8.84 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population2	296  (1999)
- Density	33 /km2 (85 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62275/ 62870
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: 50°19′59″N 1°52′43″E / 50.3330555556°N 1.87861111111°E / 50.3330555556; 1.87861111111

Douriez is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A typical rural village situated some 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D119 road, by the banks of the river Authie, the border with the Somme department.

Places of interest

• The sixteenth century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame
• Remains of a 13th century château
• A water mill
• Douriez Church
• Chateau Valloires
• Douries Chateau (Manoir)
• l'Estaminet Restaurant
• Douriez part and one of the seven valleys of nature
• Douriez the home of Baron & Baroness Guibal
• l'Auberge du gros tilleul (the best ***** )

Population

Historical population of Douriez

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
276	281	239	259	256	296
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Douriez on the Quid website (French)