Dury, Pas-de-Calais

Dury
Dury
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Dury
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Osartis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Bachelet
Area1	5.31 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	295
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62280 / 62156
Elevation	52–77 m (171–253 ft) (avg. 71 m or 233 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.

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

Geography

A farming village 10 miles (16.1 km) southeast of Arras at the junction of the D956 and D9E roads. The A26 autoroute closely passes by the village.

Population

Historical population of Dury, Pas-de-Calais

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	305	308	275	251	306	295
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the twentieth century.
• Two Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Dury
• The CWGC cemetery at Dury Mill
• Dury on the Quid website (French)