Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

(2020–2026) Sophie Boutroy^[1]Area

11.46 km² (4.42 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

987 • Density86/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.

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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% 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 [fr]
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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE