Duras, Lot-et-Garonne

Duras
The château in Duras
Coat of arms
Duras
Location within Aquitaine region Duras
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Marmande
Canton	Duras
Area1	20.17 km2 (7.79 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	1,316
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	47086 / 47120
Elevation	28–128 m (92–420 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
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.

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.

Sister cities

Duras is twinned with the following cities:

• Sint-Truiden, Belgium

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department