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 / 48.6331°N 0.5508°W / 48.6331; -0.5508
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 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	384
• Density	45/km2 (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 km2 (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.

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.

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

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

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

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