Dompierre () is a commune in the

Orne Orne (; or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.department in north-western

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Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Château, Le Chemin, Plessis and Dompierre. It is in size. The highest point in the commune is . The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park. Dompierre along with the communes of Perrou,

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, Domfront en Poiraie and Champsecret shares part of the Bassin de l'Andainette a

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conservation site. The site measures 617 hectares and is home to creatures such as the Bullhead, Brook lamprey and

white-clawed crayfish ''Austropotamobius pallipes'' is an endangered European freshwater crayfish, and the only crayfish native to the British Isles. Its common names include white-clawed crayfish and Atlantic stream crayfish. Distribution It is found from the easter ...

. The Varenne river is the only watercourse running through this commune.

Notable buildings and places

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

Notable people

Sébastien de Brossard Sébastien de Brossard (; 12 September 165510 August 1730) was a French music theorist, composer and collector. Life Brossard was born in Dompierre, Orne. After studying philosophy and theology at Caen, he studied music and established himself ...

(1655-1730), a music theorist, composer and collector, was born here.

References

Communes of Orne Museums in Orne Mining museums in France {{Argentan-geo-stub

Geography

Notable buildings and places

Notable people

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