Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique (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.

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.