Dompierre-les-Ormes () is a
commune in the
department
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Government and military
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of
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 Bo ...
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
![Paris Louvre Venus de Milo Debay drawing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Paris_Louvre_Venus_de_Milo_Debay_drawing.jpg)
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 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. He spent twenty-three years in ...
.
The poet
Alphonse de Lamartine 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 the
Mâconnais
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; the ...
).
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
Montmelard () is a commune in the department of Saône-et-Loire in France.
See also
*Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 565 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France.
The communes cooperat ...
* Château d'Audour
* Meulin, an ancient village with a Romanesque church
Tourism
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 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
Domaine des Monts du Mâconnais
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Transport and access
Dompierre is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, about southeast of Paris and west of Mâcon
Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as Mà ...
, where there is a TGV
The TGV (french: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously french: TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse, label=none) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed rail network from 1966 to 19 ...
(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
Image:Bourg de Dompierre-les-Ormes.jpg,
Image:Chemin de la Vernée.JPG,
Image:La Vernée, l'étang.JPG,
Image:Etang de la Vernée.JPG,
Image:Vue depuis Dompierre.JPG,
Image:Arboretum et lac de Pézanin.jpg,
Image:Aire de pique-nique de l'Arboretum de Pézanin.jpg,
Image:Arboretum de Pézanin.jpg,
Image:La galerie européenne de la forêt et du bois.jpg,
See also
* Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
* Arboretum de Pézanin
References
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Communes of Saône-et-Loire