Dompierre-sur-Mer

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Dompierre-sur-Mer

(2020–2026) Guillaume Krabal^[1]Area

18.35 km² (7.08 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,961 • Density320/km² (840/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

17142 /17139

Elevation4–35 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.

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

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^[3]

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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE