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Duras, Lot-et-Garonne
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,
Scottish
historian
and
philosopher
, was the
pastor
in Duras 1604–1614.
The
writer
Marguerite Donnadieu
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