Oulchy-le-Château

Oulchy-le-Château
Napoleonic monument
Oulchy-le-Château
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Oulchy-le-Château
Intercommunality	Oulchy le Château
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Brioux (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	87–178 m (285–584 ft) (avg. 83 m/272 ft)
Land area1	15.08 km2 (5.82 sq mi)
Population2	848  (2008)
- Density	56 /km2 (150 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02580/ 02210
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.

Coordinates: 49°12′18″N 3°22′09″E / 49.205°N 3.369167°E / 49.205; 3.369167

Oulchy-le-Château is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

Geography

The town is located about 106 km (66 mi) from Paris, between Soissons to the north and Château-Thierry to the south. It is directly accessible by highway.

Towns, villages and localities

• Cugny-lès-Crouttes, located to the east

History

On the night of 2/3 March 1814, the area was taken by imperial troops commanded by Captain Parquin. In 1976, the commune of Cugny-lès-Crouttes was absorbed.

Population

Historical population of Oulchy-le-Château

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
679	721	759	788	856	849	848

Sights

• War memorial, on which 41 names are inscribed^[1]
• War memorial of Cugny-lès-Crouttes, on which 5 names are inscribed^[2]
• Monument in memory pf Captain Parquin^[3][4]
• Many public baths^[5]
• The Ghosts of Landowski - 1919-1935 by Paul Landowski. This group consists of 7 stone soldiers, 8 meters (26 ft) high, each reflecting a weapon and erected on Chalmont hill^[6] at the site of the Second battle of the Marne.

Personalities

• Gérard Titus-Carmel, painter and poet, lived and worked in the commune for more than thirty years

Economics and sports

The village contains a bakery, supermarket, butcher shops, pharmacy, doctor, nightclub, police, garage and gasoline. The town contains a football stadium and two tennis courts.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department
• List of medieval bridges in France

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Record of the names of soldiers killed on MemorialGenWeb
2. ^ Record of the names of soldiers killed on MemorialGenWeb
3. ^ Site dédié à Napoléon
4. ^ Photos of the monument
5. ^ Site specializing in public baths
6. ^ Satellite view of the Ghosts on Google Maps