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. In addition there are 20 streams that also traverse the commune:
Hippodrome du pays d'Argentan is a racecourse for horse racing, based in Urou-et-Crennes.[9]
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.[10]
Carrière de la Tourelle is a 2-hectare site in Aubry-en-Exmes classed as a Sensitive Natural Space of Orne.[11] The site was created in 1987, and features fauna and flora such as dropwort, round-headed rampion and the Adonis blue butterfly.[13]
Château du Bourg-Saint-Léonard, an 18th-century chateau listed as a monument in 1942[14] in 1954 it was bequeathed to the local municipality.[15]
Donjon de Chambois, a former medieval dungeon built in the 12th century, by William de Mandeville.[16] It was registered as a monument historique in 1901.[17]
Château d'Exmes, the remains of a tenth-century castle listed as a monument in 1979[18]
Château de Villebadin, a 17th-century chateau listed as a monument in 1978[19]
Château d’Aubry-en-Exmes, a 14th-century chateau listed as a monument in 1968[20]
Château de Courménil, an 18th-century chateau listed as a monument in 1991[21]
Manor of Argentelles, a 15th-century manor house listed as a monument in 1926.[22]Henry IV of France stayed here in 1591.[23]
Chateau de la Roche, an 18th-century chateau listed as a monument in 1974.[24]
Saint-André Church, an 11th-century church in Exmes listed as a monument in 1913[25]
Fougy Church, a 12th-century church in Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard listed as a monument in 1971[26]
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.[27] Registered as a monument in 1914.[27]
Pierre Levée Menhir, a NeolithicMenhir that was classed as a Monument historique in 1889.[28]
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
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