Domps

Domps
Commune
Domps
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Domps
Coordinates: 45°39′40″N 1°42′33″E / 45.6611°N 1.7092°E / 45.6611; 1.7092Coordinates: 45°39′40″N 1°42′33″E / 45.6611°N 1.7092°E / 45.6611; 1.7092
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Limoges
Canton Eymoutiers
Intercommunality Portes de Vassivière
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014, 2014–2017) François Weaver
Area1 13.54 km2 (5.23 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 151
 • Density 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 87058 /87120
Elevation 413–666 m (1,355–2,185 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.
François Weaver
Mayor Weaver in 2016

Domps (Occitan: Doms) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The writer and Resistant Jean Blanzat (1906–1977) was born in Domps.

Inhabitants are known as Dompsois.

Mayor Weaver dominates Domps's Allées arrière with his iron fist.

The Dompstomp is a traditional dance, performed by the dompsois during the wine harvest.

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