Dompierre-sur-Besbre

Dompierre-sur-Besbre
The main road in Dompierre-sur-Besbre
Coat of arms
Dompierre-sur-Besbre
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Dompierre-sur-Besbre
Coordinates: 46°31′23″N 3°40′55″E / 46.5231°N 3.6819°ECoordinates: 46°31′23″N 3°40′55″E / 46.5231°N 3.6819°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Dompierre-sur-Besbre
Intercommunality	Val de Besbre Sologne Bourbonnaise
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pascal Vernisse[1]
Area^1	45.63 km^2 (17.62 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	3,128
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	03102 / 03290
Elevation	207–271 m (679–889 ft) (avg. 216 m or 709 ft)
^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.

Dompierre-sur-Besbre is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,528	—
1968	4,031	+14.3%
1975	4,115	+2.1%
1982	4,040	−1.8%
1990	3,807	−5.8%
1999	3,477	−8.7%
2008	3,216	−7.5%
2012	3,128	−2.7%

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier (in French). 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.