Dompierre-sur-Mer

Dompierre-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃pjɛʁ syʁ mɛʁ], literally Dompierre on Sea, before 1962: Dompierre)^[3] is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France.

Dompierre-sur-Mer
Commune
The Canal de Marans and its bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Dompierre-sur-Mer
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Coordinates: 46°11′19″N 1°03′49″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	Aytré
Intercommunality	CA La Rochelle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guillaume Krabal[1]
Area 1	18.35 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,084
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17142 /17139
Elevation	4–35 m (13–115 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,947	—
1975	2,928	+6.00%
1982	3,472	+2.46%
1990	3,627	+0.55%
1999	4,305	+1.92%
2007	5,277	+2.58%
2012	5,348	+0.27%
2017	5,482	+0.50%
Source: INSEE[4]

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