Château-Thierry

Château-Thierry
Subprefecture
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Château-Thierry
Location of Château-Thierry
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Château-Thierry is located in France
Château-Thierry
Château-Thierry
Château-Thierry is located in Hauts-de-France
Château-Thierry
Château-Thierry
Coordinates: 49°02′N 3°24′E / 49.04°N 3.40°E / 49.04; 3.40
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementChâteau-Thierry
CantonChâteau-Thierry
IntercommunalityCA Région de Château-Thierry
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sébastien Eugène[1] (MRSL)
Area
1
16.55 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
15,204
 • Density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
02168 /02400
Elevation59–222 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.

Château-Thierry (French: [ʃɑto tjeʁi]; Picard: Catieu-Thierry) is a French commune situated in the department of the Aisne, in the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, and in the historic Province of Champagne.

The origin of the name of the town is unknown. The local tradition attributes it to Theuderic IV, the penultimate Merovingian king, who was imprisoned by Charles Martel, without a reliable source. Château-Thierry is the birthplace of Jean de La Fontaine and was the location of the First Battle of the Marne and Second Battle of the Marne. The arrondissement of Château-Thierry is called the country of Omois. Château-Thierry is one of 64 French towns to have received the Legion of Honour.

History

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Postcard from World War I showing the mounting of the Paris Gun
Battlefield of Chateau-Thierry in 1920.

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 of the House of Vermandois and Soissons.[3]

Formerly the capital of the district of Brie Pouilleuse, Château-Thierry was captured by the English in 1421; by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1544; and by the duke of Mayenne in 1591.[4]

Château-Thierry was the site of two important battles: the Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) in the Napoleonic Wars between France and Prussia, and the Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) in World War I between the United States and Germany.[5]

In 1918, a mounting for the Paris Gun was found near the castle, though the cannon itself had apparently been moved prior to the emplacement's discovery.[6]

Geography

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Château-Thierry is situated on the river Marne, at 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Paris.

Château-Thierry

Transport

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Château-Thierry station is the terminus station of a regional railway line starting from the Gare de l'Est in Paris. Furthermore, it has rail connections to Châlons-en-Champagne, Nancy and Strasbourg. It is also one of the exits of the A4 autoroute that links Paris with the east part of France. Transval operates the local bus routes.[7]

Personalities

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Château-Thierry was the birthplace of:

and

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 4,080—    
1800 4,160+0.28%
1806 4,730+2.16%
1821 4,422−0.45%
1831 4,697+0.61%
1836 4,761+0.27%
1841 4,995+0.96%
1846 5,413+1.62%
1851 5,629+0.79%
1856 5,381−0.90%
1861 5,761+1.37%
1866 6,519+2.50%
1872 6,623+0.26%
1876 6,902+1.04%
1881 7,015+0.33%
1886 7,296+0.79%
1891 6,863−1.22%
1896 7,063+0.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 7,083+0.06%
1906 7,347+0.73%
1911 7,771+1.13%
1921 7,751−0.03%
1926 8,266+1.29%
1931 8,154−0.27%
1936 7,928−0.56%
1946 8,094+0.21%
1954 8,841+1.11%
1962 10,006+1.56%
1968 11,049+1.67%
1975 13,491+2.89%
1982 14,557+1.09%
1990 15,312+0.63%
1999 14,967−0.25%
2007 14,794−0.15%
2012 14,329−0.64%
2017 15,107+1.06%
Source: EHESS[11] and INSEE (1968-2017)[12]

Sights

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Twin towns – sister cities

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Château-Thierry is twinned with:[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "mycruisewebsite.co.uk". Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Chateau-Thierry | History, Geography, & Points of Interest | Britannica".
  5. ^ Warnes, Kathy. "In 1919, Villagers and soldiers helped rebuild chateau-thierry". Windows to World History. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
  6. ^ Columbia Alumni News. Alumni Council of Columbia University (Vol. 10, No. 30). 1918. p. 937.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Saintsbury, George (1911). "La Fontaine, Jean de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 69–71.
  9. ^ "Auguste Jordan, un Autrichien sous le maillot tricolore au temps des années noires". wearefootball.org. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  10. ^ ""Le Castel" de Château-Thierry - Gâteau de voyage Le Castel". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Château-Thierry, EHESS (in French).
  12. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  13. ^ "Relations internationales" (in French). Château-Thierry. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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