Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique 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 and Soissons 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.Personalities
- Moses ben Jacob of Coucy
- Samson of Coucy
- César de Vendôme,
- Ferdinand Stanislas Bigot, mayor of Coucy-le-Château in the 1870s
- François Pipelet de Leury,, 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 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 - 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.