Gouvix is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The river Laize, a tributary to the Orne, flows through the commune. in addition the Ruisseau de Corneville stream is the only other water course flowing through the commune.

Population

Points of Interest

National heritage sites

The commune has three sites listed as a Monument historique.

  • Domaine du château d'Outrelaize - a sixteenth century Chateau and gardens listed as a monument in 1971.
  • église Notre-Dame de Gouvix - a thirteenth century church listed as a monument in 1927.
  • La Pierre Tourneresse - a Neolithic Menhir that was listed as a monument in 1936.

See also

  • Communes of the Calvados department

References