Dompierre-les-Ormes

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Dompierre-les-Ormes
Dompierre-les-Ormes (France)
Dompierre-les-Ormes
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement Mâcon
Canton La Chapelle-de-Guinchay
Community association Saint-Cyr Mère Boitier between Charolais and Mâconnais
Coordinates 46 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 29 ′  E
height 316-705 m
surface 30.23 km 2
Residents 907 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 30 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 71520
INSEE code 71178
Website http://www.dompierrelesormes.fr/

Place at the church

Dompierre-les-Ormes is a French municipality with 907 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Mâcon and belongs to the canton of La Chapelle-de-Guinchay .

geography

Dompierre-les-Ormes is located in a wooded area known as the Swiss Little of Mâcon . In the municipality is also the Mont Saint-Cyr .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2009 2011
Residents 770 909 866 844 833 792 815 922 952

Attractions

  • The Arboretum de Pézanin , one of the richest in France, and its lake.
  • La Galerie Européenne de la Forêt et du Bois (European gallery forest and wood), unique wood exhibition space in Europe
  • Audour Castle. Alphonse de Lamartine described it as "Caravanserai East"
  • The town of Meulin (merged with Dompierre-les-Ormes in 1965), mentioned in 909 as Mediolanensis ager , but probably of Celtic origin, with a Romanesque church

Partner municipality

Personalities

  • Philippe Malaud (1925–2007), diplomat, French minister and mayor of Dompierre-les-Ormes.

Web links

Commons : Dompierre-les-Ormes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cours familier de littérature, un entretien par mois Alphonse de Lamartine , 1862, p. 339.