Dompierre | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Argentan |
Canton: | La Ferté-Macé |
Insee: | 61146 |
Postal Code: | 61700 |
Mayor: | Daniel Bigeon[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Flers Agglo |
Coordinates: | 48.6331°N -0.5508°W |
Elevation M: | 220 |
Elevation Min M: | 172 |
Elevation Max M: | 257 |
Area Km2: | 8.56 |
Dompierre (in French pronounced as /dɔ̃pjɛʁ/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Château, Le Chemin, Plessis and Dompierre.[2]
It is 860ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 225m (738feet).
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park. Dompierre along with the communes of Perrou, Les Monts d'Andaine, Juvigny Val d'Andaine, Domfront en Poiraie and Champsecret is part of the BASSIN DE L'ANDAINETTE a Natura 2000 conservation site.[3] The site measures 617 hectares and is home to the Bullhead, Brook lamprey and white-clawed crayfish.[4]
The Varenne river is the only watercourse running through this commune.
The Iron House is a museum about the history of the forges and iron mines of Bocage Ornais.[5]