Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Its 1999 population for the commune was 995.

Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Commune
Ramparts
Coat of arms
Location of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Coordinates: 49°31′13″N 3°19′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementLaon
CantonVic-sur-Aisne
Government
 • Mayor (2008–14) Jean-Claude Dumont
Area
1
11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,014
 • Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
02217 /02380
Elevation47–147 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.

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
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19901,058—    
1999995−6.0%
20081,052+5.7%
20121,058+0.6%

Personalities
  • Henri Carette
  • Moses ben Jacob of Coucy
  • Xavier Gargan
  • 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

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.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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