Dompierre-sur-Mer
Encyclopedia
Dompierre-sur-Mer is a commune
in the Charente-Maritime
department in southwestern France
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Population
Personalities
- Auguste-Louis de Rossel de CercyAuguste-Louis de Rossel de CercyAuguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy was a French painter of the 18th century. He especially painted naval scenes.De Cercy was born in Dompierre-sur-Mer in 1736, and was a Marquis. He died in 1804 in Paris.-External links:*...
- Jacques ArchambaultJacques ArchambaultJacques Archambault was a French colonist in Montreal. He was born in Dompierre-sur-Mer, where he was baptized.Archambault married Françoise Tourault, with whom he had many children...
, Early settler of New France with his wife and seven children. Dug first well in Ville-Marie MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
for Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
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