Dompierre-sur-Yon
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Canton | La Roche-sur-Yon-1 | |
| Community association | La Roche-sur-Yon agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 44 ′ N , 1 ° 23 ′ W | |
| height | 56-94 m | |
| surface | 33.6 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,244 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 126 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85170 | |
| INSEE code | 85081 | |
| Website | http://www.dompierre-sur-yon.fr/ | |
Dompierre-sur-Yon is a French municipality with 4244 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-1 . The inhabitants call themselves Dompierrois .
geography
Dompierre-sur-Yon lies on the River Yon . Dompierre-sur-Yon is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saligny and Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse in the north, Chauché in the northeast, Boulogne and La Meriatière in the east, La Ferrière in the southeast, La Roche-sur-Yon in the south, Mouilleron-le -Captif in the southwest, Le Poiré-sur-Vie in the west and Belleville-sur-Vie in the northwest.
Residents
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 1,354 | 1,339 | 1,547 | 2,358 | 2,975 | 3.191 | 3,758 | 4,248 |
- Sources: Calendrier de recensement. In: insee.fr. Retrieved August 17, 2014 . Data up to 2006 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui. In: Base Cassini de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Retrieved August 17, 2014 .
Attractions
- Mill Papon am Yon
- Pont de Pierre-Plate Clapper bridge on the Yon
- Malvoisine ponds
- Rortheau Castle
- Haute-Braconnière Castle
Community partnerships
Through the canton of Essarts there are partnerships with the German municipality of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia and the British municipality of Bicester in Oxfordshire (England).
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 211-217.
