sentences:  Demopolis was founded after the fall of Napoleon's Empire and named by a group of French expatriates, a mix of exiled Bonapartists and other French migrants who had settled in the United States after the overthrow of the colonial government in Saint-Domingue following the failed Saint-Domingue expedition.The name, meaning in Greek "the People's City" or "City of the People" (from Ancient Greek "δῆμος" + "πόλις"), was chosen to honor the democratic ideals behind the endeavor.First settled in 1817, it is one of the oldest continuous settlements in Alabama.