Duras (; ) is a commune in the department of Lot-et-Garonne 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.
Sister cities Duras is twinned with the following cities:
Sint-Truiden, Belgium
See also
Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department
References