Silly-en-Gouffern
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| local community | Gouffern en eye | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Orne | |
| Arrondissement | Argentan | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 ′ N , 0 ° 4 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 61310 | |
| Former INSEE code | 61474 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Silly-en-Gouffern is a village and a former French community with 379 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Orne in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Argentan and the Canton of Argentan-2 .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the previous municipalities of Silly-en-Gouffern , Aubry-en-Exmes , Avernes-sous-Exmes , Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard , Chambois , La Cochère , Courménil , Fel , Omméel , Saint-Pierre -la-Rivière , Exmes , Survie , Urou-et-Crennes , Villebadin have merged to form a commune nouvelle called Gouffern en Auge and have the status of a commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Silly-en-Gouffern.
location
Silly-en-Gouffern is eight kilometers east of Argentan in the valley of the river Ure . 80% of the area of the municipality consisted of forest, including above all the Forêt de Gouffern . Neighboring municipalities were: Bailleul and Occagnes in the north-west, Villedieu-lès-Bailleul , Tournai-sur-Dive and Aubry-en-Exmes in the north, Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard in the north-east, Sévigny , Urou-et-Crennes and Sai in the west, Le Pin-au-Haras in the east, Aunou-le-Faucon in the southwest, Almenêches in the south and La Cochère in the southeast.
Population development
- 1962: 401
- 1968: 384
- 1975: 370
- 1982: 445
- 1990: 479
- 1999: 465
Attractions
- Silly-en-Gouffern Abbey, founded before 1151 by Premonstratensians with the support of Mathilde , daughter of King Henry I of England ; the first abbot was Drogo, who had belonged to Mathilde's knightly entourage in Germany; the abbey was largely destroyed during the French Revolution .
- The Forêt de Gouffern
- the menhir La great Pierre Levée
