Dompierre, Orne

Dompierre
Commune
The town hall in Dompierre
Location of Dompierre
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Coordinates: 48°37′59″N 0°33′03″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	La Ferté-Macé
Intercommunality	CA Flers Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Bigeon[1]
Area ^1	8.56 km^2 (3.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	384
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61146 /61700
Elevation	172–257 m (564–843 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dompierre (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃pjɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Château, Le Chemin, Plessis and Dompierre.[3]

It is 860 hectares (3.3 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 225 metres (738 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[4] Dompierre along with the communes of Perrou, Les Monts d'Andaine, Juvigny Val d'Andaine, Domfront en Poiraie and Champsecret shares part of the Bassin de l'Andainette a Natura 2000 conservation site.[5] The site measures 617 hectares and is home to creatures such as the Bullhead, Brook lamprey and white-clawed crayfish.[6]

The Varenne river is the only watercourse running through this commune.

Notable buildings and places

The Iron House is a museum about the history of the forges and iron mines of Bocage Ornais.[7]

Notable people

• Sébastien de Brossard (1655-1730), a music theorist, composer and collector, was born here.[8]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "Dompierre · 61700, France". Dompierre · 61700, France.
4. "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
5. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500119 - Bassin de l'Andainette - Description".
6. "Bassin de l'Andainette" (PDF). Ministère de la Transition écologique.
7. "Première saison à la Maison du fer à Dompierre". Ouest-France.fr. 2 May 2012.
8. Arnold, Denis; Cochrane, Lalage (1 January 2011). The Oxford Companion to Music. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-957903-7 – via www.oxfordreference.com.