Gouffern en Auge
Gouffern en Auge | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 48°45′18″N 0°04′08″E / 48.755°N 0.069°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
Canton | Argentan-2 |
Intercommunality | Argentan Intercom |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Toussaint[1] |
Area 1 | 165.79 km2 (64.01 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,660 |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+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
[edit]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]
The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[5] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[6]
Five rivers run through Gouffern en Auge: the Dives, the Dieuge, the Ure, the Vie and the Barges. In addition there are 20 streams that also traverse the commune:
- Roule-Crottes
- Etangs de Chagny
- Heude
- Pont aux Anes
- Rogneux
- Chedouit
- Costillets
- Fontaines Thiot
- Foulbec
- Noës
- Haies Cosnard
- Douaires
- Pont de Barges
- Querpont
- Val Roger
- l'Etang des Genets
- Courgeron
- Joncerai
- Moulin a Tan
- Mont-Ormel
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% 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[7] |
Points of Interest
[edit]- Hippodrome du pays d'Argentan is a racecourse for horse racing, based in Urou-et-Crennes.[8]
- 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.[9]
- Le coteau de la Butte is a Sensitive Natural Space of Orne, in Courménil.[10] It is a 4 Hectare reserve, which you can observe its flagship species of Dactylorhiza viridis, Neotinea ustulata and Marsh fritillary.[11]
- Carrière de la Tourelle is a 2-hectare site in Aubry-en-Exmes classed as a Sensitive Natural Space of Orne.[10] The site was created in 1987, and features fauna and flora such as dropwort, round-headed rampion and the Adonis blue butterfly.[12]
National heritage sites
[edit]The commune has 12 buildings and areas listed as monument historiques
- 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-century church in Exmes listed as a monument in 1913[24]
- Fougy Church, a 12th-century church in Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard listed as a monument in 1971[25]
- Saint-Martins Church, 12th-century church, that apart from Sées Cathedral is the only stone spire to have been built before the 15th century 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]
-
Aubry and Exmes Chateau
-
Avernes-sous-Exmes. Saint-Léger church
-
Bourg St Leonard
-
Chateau Bourg St Leonard
-
Chambois
-
La Cochère. The Church of Saint-Sauveur
-
Courménil. Notre Dame Church
-
Exmes. Saint Andrew's Church
-
Fel. Saint-Medard church
-
Omméel. Saint Peter's Church
-
Saint-Pierre-la-Rivière. Saint Peter's Church
-
Saint-Malo chapel of Belhôtel, Survie
-
Church of Saint-Martin de Survie
-
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows of Urou-et-Crennes
-
Church of Our Lady of the Nativity of Urou-et-Crennes
-
Manor of Argentelles Villebadin
-
Villebadin. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Notable people
[edit]- Opportuna of Montreuil (died 770), a Frankish Benedictine nun and abbess who was born here.[28]
- Herbert de Losinga (died 1119), the first Bishop of Norwich was born here.[29]
- François Le Prévost d'Exmes (1729-1793), a French writer, playwright and literary critic who was born here.[30]
- Marie Louis Descorches (1749-1830), a French diplomat was born here.[31]
- Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764-1843), a French Gold and Silversmith was born here.[32]
- Victor Paysant (1841-1921) a priest who created The living and talking church of Ménil-Gondouin was born here.[33]
- Léon Bazalgette (1873-1928), a French literary critic, biographer and translator lived and was buried here.[34][35]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 6 October 2016 (in French)
- ^ a b "Gouffern en Auge · France". Gouffern en Auge · France.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description".
- ^ Normandie, Chambres d'agriculture de (11 June 2024). "Natura 2000". normandie.chambres-agriculture.fr.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Gouffern-en-Auge. Le quartier de l'hippodrome, havre de tranquillité". Ouest-France.fr. 8 August 2022.
- ^ "À la découverte de la forêt de Gouffern et de ses abords". www.patrimoine-normand.com.
- ^ a b "Espaces Naturels Sensibles de l'Orne | Conservatoires d'espaces naturels de Normandie". cen-normandie.fr.
- ^ "COTEAU DE LA BUTTE | Conservatoires d'espaces naturels de Normandie". cen-normandie.fr.
- ^ "Autres sites naturels".
- ^ "Château à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110752". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Communs du Château du Bourg-Saint-Léonard à Gouffern en Auge". www.fondation-patrimoine.org.
- ^ "Chambois Castle". History Hit.
- ^ "Château fort à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110764". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Ancien château médiéval et vestiges qui en dépendent à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110802". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Château à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110966". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Vieux château à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110732". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Château à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110995". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Manoir d'Argentelles à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110967". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Manoir d'Argentelles". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- ^ "Château de la Roche à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110777". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Eglise Saint-André à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110803". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Eglise de Fougy à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110753". monumentum.fr.
- ^ a b "Eglise à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110765". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Menhir dit la Pierre Levée à Gouffern en Auge - PA00110952". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Calendar of Saints - 22 April". catholicsaints.mobi.
- ^ Doubleday and Page Houses of Benedictine monks: New Minster, or the Abbey of Hyde pp. 116–122
- ^ "Le Prévost D'exmes | Dictionnaire des journalistes". dictionnaire-journalistes.gazettes18e.fr.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Martin-Guillaume Biennais". Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.
- ^ "Le Journal d'Alençon et du département de l'Orne, numéro du 04 août 1921 · Normannia : le patrimoine écrit de Normandie".
- ^ Racine, Nicole (6 November 2022). "BAZALGETTE Léon". Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier – via Le Maitron.
- ^ "Avernes-sous-Exmes: rendez-vous au Moulin des Noës ce dimanche". alencon.maville.com.