Dompierre-sur-Mer

Dompierre-sur-Mer
The Canal de Marans and its bridge
Dompierre-sur-Mer
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Dompierre-sur-Mer
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	La Rochelle-8
Intercommunality	La Rochelle
Mayor	Michel-Martial Durieux (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	4–35 m (13–115 ft)
Land area1	18.35 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population2	5,280  (2008)
- Density	288 /km2 (750 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17142/ 17139
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.

Coordinates: 46°11′19″N 1°03′49″W / 46.1886111111°N 1.06361111111°W / 46.1886111111; -1.06361111111

Dompierre-sur-Mer is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population of Dompierre-sur-Mer

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
1789	1947	2928	3472	3627	4305	5280

Personalities

• Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy
• Jacques Archambault, Early settler of New France with his wife and seven children. Dug first well in Ville-Marie Montreal for Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve.

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE