Dompierre-sur-Helpe

Dompierre-sur-Helpe
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Community association	Coeur de l'Avesnois
Coordinates	50 ° 9 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  E
height	132-191 m
surface	13.2 km 2
Residents	860 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	65 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59440
INSEE code	59177
Website	http://www.dompierresurhelpe.fr/
Mairie Dompierre-sur-Helpe

Dompierre-sur-Helpe is a commune in the French department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the canton of Avesnes-sur-Helpe (until 2015: Canton Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord ) in the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe . It borders in the north on Leval and Monceau-Saint-Waast , in the northeast on Saint-Remy-Chaussée (point of contact), in the east on Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe , in the south on Petit-Fayt , in the south-west on Marbaix and in the north-west at Taisnières-en-Thiérache and Noyelles-sur-Sambre .

The village is affected by the Helpe Majeure .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2013
Residents	916	958	1152	1177	1157	1036	946	894

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Dompierre-sur-Helpe

• Saint Etton Church
• Wayside shrines
• War memorial

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  Saint Etton Church

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  Stained glass on a window of the Saint-Etton church

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  Dompierre-sur-Helpe train station

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 133-135.

Web links

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