Dompierre-les-Ormes

Dompierre-les-Ormes

Dompierre-les-Ormes
Location within Burgundy region Dompierre-les-Ormes
Coordinates: 46°21′43″N 4°28′57″E / 46.3619°N 4.4825°E / 46.3619; 4.4825Coordinates: 46°21′43″N 4°28′57″E / 46.3619°N 4.4825°E / 46.3619; 4.4825
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Mâcon
Canton	Matour
Intercommunality	Matour et sa région
Area¹	30.23 km² (11.67 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	827
• Density	27/km² (71/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	71178 / 71520
Elevation	316–705 m (1,037–2,313 ft) (avg. 457 m or 1,499 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dompierre-les-Ormes is a commune in the department of Saône-et-Loire in Burgundy, France.

History

Venus de Milo

Dompierre is first mentioned in a Cluny charter from 951, where the name appears as Domnus Petrus and Domna Petra.

In 1820, the Comte de Marcellus brings the very famous Venus de Milo in France. During his journey, the precious statue mades an halt at the castle Audour before being offered to King Louis XVIII.

The poet Alphonse de Lamartine stayed on occasion in the Château d'Audour in Dompierre, writing of it in 1862, "It's a Mary Stuart chateau in a Scottish landscape."

Since 1993 Dompierre has been a member of the Association des Dompierre de France, an association of 23 French communes sharing the name.

Geography and access

Dompierre is located in southern Burgundy, about 200 mi (320 km) southeast of Paris and 17 mi (27 km) west of Mâcon, where there is a TGV (high-speed rail) station and A6 turnpike access.

Nestled in a picturesque wooded area, Dompierre is known locally as la petite Suisse du Mâconnais (Little Switzerland in the Mâconnais).

Points of interest

Arboretum de Pézanin,
La Galerie européenne de la forêt et du bois (European Gallery of Forest and Wood), with many exhibits
Mont Saint-Cyr, a 771-meter summit in the nearby village of Montmelard
Château d'Audour
Meulin, an ancient village with a Romanesque church

Tourism

Dompierre is a tourist destination, with campgrounds, cottage colonies, and a hotel. The commune has a football stadium which serves for matches and training of FCDM (Football Club Dompierre-Matour), a handball and basketball stadium, pétanque courts, tennis courts and many walking trails.