Douriez

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Douriez

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Douriez
Coordinates: 50°19′59″N 1°52′43″E / 50.3331°N 1.8786°E / 50.3331; 1.8786Coordinates: 50°19′59″N 1°52′43″E / 50.3331°N 1.8786°E / 50.3331; 1.8786
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Campagne-lès-Hesdin
Intercommunality Val de Canche et d'Authie
Government
 • Mayor Paul Becquet
Area
 • Land1 8.84 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Population2 296
 • Population2 Density 33/km2 (87/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62275 / 62870
Elevation 7–102 m (23–335 ft)
(avg. 14 m or 46 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.

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
Year196219681975198219901999
Population276281239259256296
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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