Château-Thierry

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Château-Thierry
Town hall

Coat of arms
Château-Thierry
Coordinates: 49°02′N 3°24′E / 49.04°N 3.40°E / 49.04; 3.40Coordinates: 49°02′N 3°24′E / 49.04°N 3.40°E / 49.04; 3.40
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Château-Thierry
Canton Château-Thierry
Intercommunality Château-Thierry
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacque Krabal
Area
 • Land1 16.49 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 14,831
 • Population2 Density 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 02168 / 02400
Elevation 59–222 m (194–728 ft)
(avg. 63 m or 207 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Château-Thierry (French: [ʃa.to.tje.ri]) is a commune in northern France about 56 miles (90 km) east-northeast of Paris. It is a sub-prefecture of the Aisne department in Picardy.

History

In the late years of the western Roman empire, a small town called Otmus was settled on a site where the Soissons-Troyes road crossed the Marne river.

During the 8th century, Charles Martel kept king Theuderic IV prisoner in the castle of Otmus. At this time, the town took the name of Castrum Theodorici, later transformed in Château-Thierry (Castle of Thierry, Thierry is the French or early Roman language translation of Theuderic). In 946, the castle of Château-Thierry was the home of Herbert le-Vieux, Count of Omois (Fr: comte d'Omois) of the House of Vermandois & Soissons.[citation needed]

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.

Battlefied of Chateau-Thierry in 1920.

In 1918, a mounting for the infamous Paris Gun was found near the castle. The cannon itself was never found.[citation needed]

Post Card from World War I showing the mounting of the Paris Gun

Geography

Château-Thierry is situated on the Marne River.

Transport

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. Transval operates the local bus routes.

Personalities

Château-Thierry was the birthplace of Jean de La Fontaine. Teddy Roosevelt's son Quentin was shot down in July 1918 while flying a French SPAD plane during WWI.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 4,080—    
1800 4,160+2.0%
1806 4,730+13.7%
1821 4,422−6.5%
1831 4,697+6.2%
1836 4,761+1.4%
1841 4,995+4.9%
1846 5,413+8.4%
1851 5,629+4.0%
1856 5,381−4.4%
1861 5,761+7.1%
1866 6,519+13.2%
1872 6,623+1.6%
1876 6,902+4.2%
1881 7,015+1.6%
1886 7,296+4.0%
1891 6,863−5.9%
1896 7,063+2.9%
1901 7,083+0.3%
1906 7,347+3.7%
1911 7,771+5.8%
1921 7,751−0.3%
1926 8,266+6.6%
1931 8,154−1.4%
1936 7,928−2.8%
1946 8,094+2.1%
1954 8,841+9.2%
1962 10,006+13.2%
1968 11,049+10.4%
1975 13,491+22.1%
1982 14,557+7.9%
1990 15,312+5.2%
1999 14,966−2.3%
2008 14,831−0.9%

Sights

Twin towns

Château-Thierry is twinned with:[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ associations jumelage international

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