Dompierre-sur-Mer

Dompierre-sur-Mer
Commune
The Canal de Marans and its bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Dompierre-sur-Mer
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Coordinates: 46°11′19″N 1°03′49″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	Aytré
Intercommunality	CA La Rochelle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guillaume Krabal[1]
Area ^1	18.35 km^2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,961
• Density	320/km^2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17142 /17139
Elevation	4–35 m (13–115 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-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃pjɛʁ syʁ mɛʁ], literally Dompierre on Sea, before 1962: Dompierre)^[3] is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,947	—
1975	2,928	+6.00%
1982	3,472	+2.46%
1990	3,627	+0.55%
1999	4,305	+1.92%
2007	5,277	+2.58%
2012	5,348	+0.27%
2017	5,482	+0.50%
Source: INSEE[4]

Personalities

• Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy
• Jacques Archambault, Early settler of New France with his wife and seven children. Dug first well in Ville-Marie Montreal for Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve.

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Décret du 2 mars 1962 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0055, 7 March 1962, p. 2308.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Media related to Dompierre-sur-Mer at Wikimedia Commons