Douriez

Douriez
Coat of arms
Douriez
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  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
Area1	8.84 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	296
• 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

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Douriez.

• Douriez on the Quid website (French)