Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
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Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique | |
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Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique | |
Coordinates: 49°31′13″N 3°19′21″E / 49.5203°N 3.3225°ECoordinates: 49°31′13″N 3°19′21″E / 49.5203°N 3.3225°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Aisne |
Arrondissement | Laon |
Canton | Vic-sur-Aisne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Sophie Boutroy |
Area 1 | 11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 1,002 |
• Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 02217 /02380 |
Elevation | 47–147 m (154–482 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique (French pronunciation: [kusi l(ə) ʃɑto ofʁik]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Its 1999 population for the commune was 995.
Geography[]
Coucy is located west of Laon on the road between Tergnier (north) and Soissons (south) north-northeast of Paris.
The river Ailette forms most of the commune's southern border.
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1990 | 1,058 | — |
1999 | 995 | −6.0% |
2008 | 1,052 | +5.7% |
2012 | 1,058 | +0.6% |
Personalities[]
- Henri Carette
- Moses ben Jacob of Coucy
- Samson of Coucy
- César de Vendôme, (b. June 7, 1594)
- Ferdinand Stanislas Bigot (May 6, 1809 – 1890), mayor of Coucy-le-Château in the 1870s
- François Pipelet de Leury, (1722–1809), director of the Royal Academic Surgery, doctor of the royal family, mayor of Coucy-le-Château for thirty years. Lieutenant of the first surgeon for the king.
- Enguerrand VII de Coucy
Barbin Pierre Philibert ( né à Coucy-le-Chateau le 1/4/1819 décédé à Taranto Puglia Italia le 18/11/1868 ) grand père de l'Acteur Rudolph Valentino 1895/1926 < Geneastar> (Rodolfo Guglielmi, enfant de Giovanni et de Gabrielle Barbin ).
Points of interests[]
- Ruins of the Château de Coucy. The modern town is squeezed into the space within the medieval walls.
- A medieval garden
- Domaine de la Grangère (a green space for the garden of the governor's house at the time) - landmark classified in 1931
- A church - rebuilt after World War I.
- The forest nearby Coucy is the place where the Paris Gun was located and first used in WWI.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique. |
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Coucy-le-Château. |
- Official website
- http://www.amvcc.com
- Tourist guide to the town
- Arms of this town
- Collection of old postcards from Coucy
Categories:
- Communes of Aisne
- Laon arrondissement geography stubs