Guise
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Commune of Guise |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Picardie |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Vervins |
| Canton | Guise |
| Mayor | Daniel Cuvelier (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 91 m–157 m (avg. 97 m) |
| Land area¹ | 16,13 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
5901 |
| - Density | 365/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 02361/ 02120 |
| 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. | |
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Guise is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France. The ruins of the medieval castle of Guise, seat of the Dukes of Guise, are located in the commune.
- Population: 6,066
- Area: 15.54 km²
- Altitude: 97 m
[edit] Economy
Guise is the agricultural centre of the northern area of Aisne.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Guise was the birthplace of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794), a journalist and politician who played an important part in the French Revolution.
It also hosted Jean-Baptiste Godin's familistère, created on the model of Charles Fourier's phalanstères.
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