The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Mesnil, Lénault, Le Tremblay, Cresme, Rousseville, Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille, Le Hamel Roger, Le Vieux Douet, La Chapelle-Engerbold, Le Hamel, Le Mont Hue, Proussy, Les Haies, Le Coudray, Le Hamel, Les Îles, Bouilly, Solier, Vaux, Condé-sur-Noireau, Le Bosq and L'Abbaye.[5]
The Commune along with another nine communes shares part of a 5,729 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Bassin de la Druance.[6]
The Tortillon, la Druance plus The Noireau are the three rivers flowing through the commune.[7][8][9] In addition the commune has five streams flowing through its borders, La Blare, The Cresme, The Vaux, The Hamelet and The Val Fournet.[10][11]
Henri Duret - (1849 - 1921) a French neurologist whose contributions to the knowledge of cerebral circulation and the physiology of the brainstem were important for the early years of brain surgery, was born here.[19]
Maximilien Vox - (1894–1974) a French writer, cartoonist, illustrator, publisher, journalist, critic art theorist and historian of the French letter and typography, was born here.[20]
Michèle Fabien - (1945 – 1999) a Belgian writer and playwright, is buried at Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille cemetery.[21][22]
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