Château-Thierry

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Administration
Commune of Château-Thierry
Location
Longitude	3°23' E
Latitude	49°03' N
Country	France
Région	Picardie
Département	Aisne (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Château-Thierry
Canton	Château-Thierry
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Château-Thierry
Mayor	Dominique Jourdain
Statistics
Land area¹	16.49 km²
Population² (1999)	15,700 ?
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	02168/ 02400
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Château-Thierry is a commune of north-eastern France, about 56 miles east-northeast of Paris. It is a sous-préfecture of the Aisne département, in the Picardie administrative région.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Monuments and tourist attractions
4 Transportation
5 Miscellaneous
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

Château-Thierry was the site of two important battles. The Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) in the Napoleonic Wars between France and Prussia, and Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) in World War I, between the United States and Germany.

[edit] Geography

Château-Thierry is situated on the Marne River.

[edit] Monuments and tourist attractions

Main entrance of the castle of Château-Thierry

Castle walls
Saint-Crépin church (15th century)
Balhand tower
Marne River
World War I Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial (south of the village of Belleau)
American French Friendship Monument (overlooking the town)
Champagne vineyards
Several churches

[edit] Transportation

Château-Thierry is the terminus station of a regional railway line starting from the Gare de l'Est in Paris. It is also one of the exits of the A4 motorway that links Paris with the east part of France.