Duras, Lot-et-Garonne

Duras
Duras
Commune
	The château in Duras
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 44°40′37″N 0°11′01″E / 44.6769°N 0.1836°ECoordinates: 44°40′37″N 0°11′01″E / 44.6769°N 0.1836°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Marmande
Canton	Les Coteaux de Guyenne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernadette Dreux
Area 1	20.17 km2 (7.79 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,251
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Duras (French pronunciation: [dyʁas]; Occitan: Duràs) 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.