Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

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Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
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Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique is located in France
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Location within Picardy region
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique is located in Picardy
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Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Laon
Canton Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Intercommunality Val de l'Ailette
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Claude Dumont
Area1 11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 1,058
 • Density 92/km2 (240/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy 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

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
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
  • Xavier Gargan
  • César de Vendôme, (b. June 7, 1594)
  • Ferdinand Stanislas Bigot, mayor from May 6, 1809–1890
  • 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.

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.

See also

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