Dompierre-les-Ormes () is a

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in the department 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 ...

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

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 ''

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'' in France. During his journey, the precious statue made a halt at the castle Audour before being offered to King

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. The poet

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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 The Arboretum de Pézanin or Arboretum Domanial de Pézanin (''Federal Arboretum of Pézanin'') is an arboretum located in Dompierre-les-Ormes, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. It is one of the oldest and richest forest collections in France, ...

, * ''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 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 Pétanque (, ; oc, petanca, , also or ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports, along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling. In all of these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls ...

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 poolDomaine 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 M ...

, where there is a

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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

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References

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