Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Intercommunality	Val de l'Ailette
Mayor	Jean-Claude Dumont (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	47–147 m (154–482 ft) (avg. 112 m/367 ft)
Land area1	11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population2	1,052  (2008)
- Density	92 /km2 (240 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02217/ 02380
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°31′13″N 3°19′21″E / 49.520278°N 3.3225°E / 49.520278; 3.3225

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 of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

1990	1999	2008
1058	995	1052

Personalities

• Henri Carette
• 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

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site
• http://www.amvcc.com/
• Tourist guide to the town
• Arms of this town
• Collection of old postcards from Coucy