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Dompierre-les-Ormes () is a commune in the department of
Dompierre is first mentioned in a
Domaine des Monts du Mâconnais
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Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
Saône-et-Loire is B ...
in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
, France.
It is a rural and touristic village, with characteristic landscapes: little mountains crowded with forests and pastures. The main part of its territory is protected under French and European fauna and flora protection programs.
History
Dompierre is first mentioned in a Cluny
Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon.
The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in ...
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
The ''Venus de Milo'' or ''Aphrodite of Melos'' is an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic art, Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain, but the modern consensus places it in the 2nd ...
'' in France. During his journey, the precious statue made a halt at the castle Audour before being offered to King Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. Before his reign, he spent 23 y ...
.
The poet Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (; 21 October 179028 February 1869) was a French author, poet, and statesman. Initially a moderate royalist, he became one of the leading critics of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, aligning more w ...
stayed on occasion in the 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
Nestled in a picturesque wooded area, Dompierre is known locally as ''la petite Suisse du Mâconnais'' (Little Switzerland in theMâconnais
The Mâconnais () district is located in the south of the Burgundy wine region in France, west of the Saône river. It takes its name from the town of Mâcon. It is best known as a source of good value white wines made from the Chardonnay grape; t ...
).
Points of interest
* Arboretum de Pézanin, * ''La Galerie européenne de la forêt et du bois'' (European Gallery of Forest and Wood), with many exhibits, transformed in 2014 in ''The Lab 71'', which is now more concerned by sustainable development. * Mont Saint-Cyr, a 771-meter summit in the nearby village of Montmelard * Château d'Audour * Meulin, an ancient village with a Romanesque churchTourism
Dompierre is a tourist destination, with campsite (''Le Village des Meuniers''), cottage colonies (''Domaine des Monts du Mâconnais''), and lot of rural gîtes and bed and breakfast in the area.Sport
The village has a football stadium which serves for matches and training of FCDM (Football Club Dompierre-Matour), a handball and basketball stadium,pétanque
Pétanque (, ; ; ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with Raffa (boules), raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, Bowls, lawn bowls, and Crown green bowls, crown green bowling). In these sports, players or teams play thei ...
courts, tennis courts and many walking trails.
Walking trails are referenced by guides and maps for tourists.
For water activities, there are two pools (''Le Village des Meuniers'' campground and the ''Domaine des Monts du Mâconnais'' have each a pool/ref>).
Transport and access
Dompierre is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, about southeast of Paris and west ofMâcon
Mâcon (), historically Anglicization, anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home t ...
, where there is a TGV
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(high-speed rail) station and A6 turnpike access.
Due to its central location in France, the village takes full advantages of close infrastructures as the Route Centre-Europe Atlantique (east-west connexion road from Atlantic Ocean to Switzerland border), passing through the north of the territory. Dompierre is served by the road exit number 8 "Dompierre-les-Ormes".
Gallery
See also
*Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories inclu ...
* Arboretum de Pézanin
References
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