Gouffern en Auge
Commune
Location of Gouffern en Auge
Gouffern en Auge is located in France
Gouffern en Auge
Gouffern en Auge
Gouffern en Auge is located in Normandy
Gouffern en Auge
Gouffern en Auge
Coordinates: 48°45′18″N 0°04′08″E / 48.755°N 0.069°E / 48.755; 0.069
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonArgentan-2
IntercommunalityArgentan Intercom
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Toussaint[1]
Area
1
165.79 km2 (64.01 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
3,660
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61474 /61160, 61200, 61310
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gouffern en Auge (French pronunciation: [gufɛʁn ɑ̃.n‿oʒ], literally Gouffern in Auge) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Silly-en-Gouffern (the seat), Aubry-en-Exmes, Avernes-sous-Exmes, Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard, Chambois, La Cochère, Courménil, Exmes, Fel, Omméel, Saint-Pierre-la-Rivière, Survie, Urou-et-Crennes and Villebadin.[3]

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets: Survie, Saint-Pierre-la-Rivière, La Frênée, Omméel, Avernes-sous-Exmes, Fel, Aubry-en-Exmes, Villebadin, Chantereine, Courménil, Fougy, La Bélière, Le Bourg, Exmes, Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard, Silly-en-Gouffern, Urou-et-Crennes, Cayenne, La Cochère and Gouffern en Auge.[4]

Five rivers run through Gouffern en Auge: the Dives, the Dieuge, the Ure, the Vie and the Barges.[5] In addition there are 20 streams that also traverse the commune:[5]

  1. Roule-Crottes
  2. Etangs de Chagny
  3. Heude
  4. Pont aux Anes
  5. Rogneux
  6. Chedouit
  7. Costillets
  8. Fontaines Thiot
  9. Foulbec
  10. Noës
  11. Haies Cosnard
  12. Douaires
  13. Pont de Barges
  14. Querpont
  15. Val Roger
  16. l'Etang des Genets
  17. Courgeron
  18. Joncerai
  19. Moulin a Tan
  20. Mont-Ormel

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 4,072—    
1975 3,823−0.90%
1982 3,830+0.03%
1990 3,907+0.25%
1999 3,706−0.59%
2007 3,738+0.11%
2012 3,872+0.71%
2017 3,729−0.75%
Source: INSEE[6]

Points of Interest

  • Hippodrome du pays d'Argentan is a racecourse for horse racing, based in Urou-et-Crennes.[7]
  • Forest of Gouffern is a 4120 Hectare Forest that is split into two parts by the River Ure, Petite Gouffern to the south of the river and Grande Gouffern to the North.[8]
  • Le coteau de la Butte is a Sensitive Natural Space of Orne, in Courménil.[9] It is a 4 Hectare reserve, which you can observe its flagship species of Dactylorhiza viridis, Neotinea ustulata and Marsh fritillary.[10]
  • Carrière de la Tourelle is a 2 hectare site in Aubry-en-Exmes classed as a Sensitive Natural Space of Orne.[9] The site was created in 1987, and features fauna and flora such as dropwort, round-headed rampion and the Adonis blue butterfly.[11]

National heritage sites

The commune has 12 buildings and areas listed as monument historiques[12]

  • Château du Bourg-Saint-Léonard, an 18th century chateau listed as a monument in 1942[13] in 1954 it was bequeathed to the local municipality.[14]
  • Donjon de Chambois, a former medieval dungeon built in the 12th century, by William de Mandeville.[15] It was registered as a monument historique in 1901.[16]
  • Château d'Exmes, the remains of a tenth century castle listed as a monument in 1979[17]
  • Château de Villebadin, a 17th century chateau listed as a monument in 1978[18]
  • Château d’Aubry-en-Exmes, a 14th century chateau listed as a monument in 1968[19]
  • Château de Courménil, an 18th century chateau listed as a monument in 1991[20]
  • Manor of Argentelles, a 15th century Manor house listed as a monument in 1926.[21] Henry IV of France stayed here in 1591.[22]
  • Chateau de la Roche, an 18th century chateau listed as a monument in 1974.[23]
  • Saint-André Church, an 11th centaury church in Exmes listed as a monument in 1913[24]
  • Fougy Church, a 12th centaury church in Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard listed as a monument in 1971[25]
  • Saint-Martins Church, 12th centaury church, that apart from Sées Cathedral is the only stone spire to have been built before the 15th Centaury in Orne.[26] Registered as a monument in 1914.[26]
  • Pierre Levée Menhir, a Neolithic Menhir that was classed as a Monument historique in 1889.[27]

Notable people

See also

References

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  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 6 October 2016 (in French)
  4. ↑ "Gouffern en Auge · France". Gouffern en Auge · France.
  5. 1 2 "Mairie de Gouffern en Auge et sa commune (61310)". Annuaire-Mairie. 26 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ↑ "Gouffern-en-Auge. Le quartier de l'hippodrome, havre de tranquillité". Ouest-France.fr. 8 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "À la découverte de la forêt de Gouffern et de ses abords". www.patrimoine-normand.com.
  9. 1 2 "Espaces Naturels Sensibles de l'Orne | Conservatoires d'espaces naturels de Normandie". cen-normandie.fr.
  10. ↑ "COTEAU DE LA BUTTE | Conservatoires d'espaces naturels de Normandie". cen-normandie.fr.
  11. ↑ "Autres sites naturels".
  12. ↑ "Monument Historique Gouffern en Auge - Mairie de Gouffern en Auge et sa ville". www.annuaire-mairie.fr.
  13. ↑ "Château à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110752". monumentum.fr.
  14. ↑ "Communs du Château du Bourg-Saint-Léonard à Gouffern en Auge". www.fondation-patrimoine.org.
  15. ↑ "Chambois Castle". History Hit.
  16. ↑ "Château fort à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110764". monumentum.fr.
  17. ↑ "Ancien château médiéval et vestiges qui en dépendent à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110802". monumentum.fr.
  18. ↑ "Château à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110966". monumentum.fr.
  19. ↑ "Vieux château à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110732". monumentum.fr.
  20. ↑ "Château à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110995". monumentum.fr.
  21. ↑ "Manoir d'Argentelles à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110967". monumentum.fr.
  22. ↑ "Manoir d'Argentelles". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
  23. ↑ "Château de la Roche à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110777". monumentum.fr.
  24. ↑ "Eglise Saint-André à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110803". monumentum.fr.
  25. ↑ "Eglise de Fougy à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110753". monumentum.fr.
  26. 1 2 "Eglise à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110765". monumentum.fr.
  27. ↑ "Menhir dit la Pierre Levée à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110952". monumentum.fr.
  28. ↑ "Calendar of Saints - 22 April". catholicsaints.mobi.
  29. ↑ Doubleday and Page Houses of Benedictine monks: New Minster, or the Abbey of Hyde pp. 116–122
  30. ↑ "Le Prévost D'exmes | Dictionnaire des journalistes". dictionnaire-journalistes.gazettes18e.fr.
  31. ↑ "Mesnil-Gonfroy - Survie (61) - Marie-Louis-Henri D'Eschorches, Marquis de Sainte-Croix, Préfet de La Drôme (1749–1830) - La Maraîchine Normande". shenandoahdavis.canalblog.com. 26 August 2020.
  32. ↑ "Martin-Guillaume Biennais". Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.
  33. ↑ "Le Journal d'Alençon et du département de l'Orne, numéro du 04 août 1921 · Normannia : le patrimoine écrit de Normandie".
  34. ↑ Racine, Nicole (6 November 2022). "BAZALGETTE Léon". Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier – via Le Maitron.
  35. ↑ "Avernes-sous-Exmes: rendez-vous au Moulin des Noës ce dimanche". alencon.maville.com.
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