Guincourt
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Commune of Guincourt |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
Department | Ardennes |
Arrondissement | Vouziers |
Canton | Tourteron |
Intercommunality | Crêtes Préardennaises |
Mayor | Jean-Michel Thiry (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 149 m (avg.) |
Land area¹ | 5,31 km² |
Population² (1999) |
95 |
- Density | 17/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 08204/ 08130 |
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Guincourt is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France, in the former county of Vermandois. It lies just off the old road between Tourteron and Saint-Loup-Terriers.
Jean de Schulemberg, comte de Montejeux, a marshal of France, was born in the château.