Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

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.

Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
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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 (20202026) Sophie Boutroy
Area
1
11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
992
  Density87/km2 (220/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

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


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