Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

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 / 49.5203°N 3.3225°E / 49.5203; 3.3225
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementLaon
CantonVic-sur-Aisne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sophie Boutroy[1]
Area
1
11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
989
 • Density86.3/km2 (224/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.

Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique (French pronunciation: [kusi l(ə) ʃɑto ofʁik]; Picard: Couchi-Catieu-Aufrike) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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.

History

During the Middle Ages, the town was part of the Barony of Coucy.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,137—    
1975 1,118−0.24%
1982 1,120+0.03%
1990 1,058−0.71%
1999 995−0.68%
2009 1,053+0.57%
2014 1,041−0.23%
2020 992−0.80%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

  • Moses ben Jacob of Coucy
  • Samson of Coucy
  • Louis-Xavier Gargan
  • César de Vendôme, (born 7 June 1594)
  • Ferdinand Stanislas Bigot (6 May 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 (1819-1868) born in Coucy-le-Chateau, grandfather of the actor Rudolph Valentino.

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

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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